Star chasers of Senegal / written and directed by Ruth Berry ; producers, Laurie Cahalane, Susanne Lummer, Sabine Holzer, Walter Kohler.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Berry, Ruth, film director, screenwriter.

Cahalane, Laurie, film producer.

Lummer, Susanne, film producer.

Holzer, Sabine (Producer)

Chandler, Judith, narrator.

PBS Video, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles.

Asteroids.

Solar system.

Genre:

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : PBS, [2023]

Language Note:

English dialogue.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

video file

DVD video region 1

Summary:

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 crucial data needed to help NASA navigate Lucy to its asteroid targets across millions of miles of space. The team's leader, Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation's rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years and the promising future ahead.

Participant:

Narrator, Judith Chandler.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Wide screen (16x9)

Originally broadcast as one episode of the television series Nova in 2023.

ISBN:

9781531715687

1531715680

OCLC:

1371935136

Publisher Number:

841887047432

NV62201 PBS