NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter as it orbits the sun.
On Wednesday (Jan. 31), the Lucy spacecraft will fire its main engines off-Earth for the first time since its launch in Aug. 2021. The firing of Lucy's main engines will see the spacecraft burn through around half of its onboard fuel. This will be followed by a second, larger maneuver, which NASA says is currently set for Saturday (Feb. 3).
