A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the origins of our solar system. Just hours before, in Senegal, West Africa, a team of scientists sets out to capture extraordinarily precise observations vital to the success of the mission – crucial data needed to help NASA navigate Lucy to its asteroid targets across millions of miles of space. The team's leader, Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation's rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years – and the promising future ahead.
Producer: Laurie Cahalane, Susanne Lummer, Sabine Holzer, Walter Köhler
Executive Producer: Julia Cort, Chris Schmidt
Production Company: NOVA; Terra Mater Studios GmbH
Production Year: 2023
Copyright Year: 2023
Rating: TV-G
Director: Ruth Berry
Narrator: Judith Chandler
Writers: Ruth Berry
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 53 minutes
Number of Episodes: 1
Subtitled: Y
Subtitle Languages: English (SDH)
DVI: Y