NASA's Lucy Mission Flyby of Asteroid Dinkinesh - NASA Goddard - planetary science

The Lucy spacecraft will break new ground,as Trojan asteroids have never been explored before.They lead or follow Jupiter in it's orbit around the Sun.

Where in the Solar System are the Trojan Asteroids? The Lucy spacecraft is headed there to study them,having been launched on 16 October 2021.

Launch: NASA Lucy Mission / Atlas V 401 - magnificent launch of its 12-year,4 billion mile mission to the Trojan asteroids