Named after the famed hominin fossil, NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on a journey to explore the 'fossils' of our solar system. This animation details its first encounter with the main-belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, a remnant from a cosmic collision 150 million years ago.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Dan Gallagher: Producer/Narrator
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez: Animator
Kel Elkins: Animator
Johathan North: Animator
Michael Lentz: Animator/Art Director
Walt Feimer: Animation Lead
Nancy Jones: Public Affairs
Katherine Kretke: Public Affairs
Universal Production Music: “Nico’s Journey” by Nicholas Smith [PRS]; “Knowing Half the Future” and “Temporal Timings” by Lee John Gretton [PRS]; “Poly Propulsion” by Alfie Solo [PRS]
