NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Begins Journey to Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

Following two major engine burns and a gravity assist from Earth, Lucy will start exploring the Trojan asteroids in 2027.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has fired its main engine for the first time in space, beginning its journey to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
The spacecraft will perform two major engine burns this week, consuming about half of its onboard fuel and increasing its speed by 2,000 mph.
Following these maneuvers, Lucy will get a gravity assist from Earth in December 2024, which will send it on a new trajectory towards the Trojan asteroids.
Lucy has already visited the asteroid Dinkinesh, where it discovered that the asteroid is actually a quadruple system.
Lucy will visit the Trojan asteroids starting in 2027, with its mission expected to end in 2033.