NOVA S50E2 · Star Chasers of Senegal

NOVA

Season 50 · Episode 2 · Star Chasers of Senegal · 54 min

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral 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 Lucy mission.