We're bringing you a story about a groundbreaking mission named Lucy, set to launch in October of 2021. This mission will visit and study a record number of Trojan asteroids that are some of the oldest objects in our solar system.
It takes an incredible amount of work to plan a mission to one location in deep space, but planning a mission to visit seven Trojan asteroids is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
We take you behind the scenes with the engineers and scientists leading this mission and then "flash forward" to advanced mission designing and what possibilities we can accomplish next.
To dig deeper into the incredible mission referenced in today’s episode, please follow these links:
NASA - Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
Lucy Mission: Our First Close-Up Look at Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Begins Launch Preparations
Credits:
Space Makers is a production of Lockheed Martin Space.
Episode guests were Cathy Olkin from the Southwest Research Institute, Jacob Englander, who was at NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center at the time of this interview, and Brian Sutter and Tim Linn from Lockheed Martin. And they are Space Makers.
It's executive produced by Pavan Desai.
Senior producer is Lauren Cole.
Senior producer, writer, and host is Benjamin Dinsmore.
Associate producers and writers are Kaitlin Benz and Audrey Dods.
Sound designed and audio mastered by Julian Giraldo.
Graphic design by Tim Roesch.
Marketing and recruiting by Joe Portnoy, Shannon Myers, and Stephanie Dixon.
These stories would not be possible without the support from our space communications professionals Tracy Weise, Natalya Oleksik, Gary Napier, Lauren Duda, and Dani Hauf.
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