NOVA (1974)

S50E2 Star Chasers of Senegal

The NASA spacecraft Lucy launches from Cape Canaveral, embarking on a journey to the Trojans, a cluster of asteroids located over 400 million miles from Earth, believed to contain significant insights into the solar system's beginnings. Meanwhile, a dedicated group of scientists in Senegal, West Africa, initiates their own mission to gather crucial, high-precision data that will support the success of the Lucy expedition.