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Star Chasers of Senegal | NOVA

Wed Feb 8 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | A visionary scientist investigates the deep history of astronomy in West Africa.

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.

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