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Two world-renowned scientists, Donald Johanson PhD and Hal Levison PhD, will discuss human’s passion for exploration and discovery through the lens of two “Lucys.” One — an upcoming NASA mission, led by principal investigator Levison, will be the first space mission to explore the Trojan asteroids — two groups of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter in its orbit around the Sun. The other — a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor fossil discovered by Johanson.
The NASA team chose to name the mission after this fossil because, just as the fossil provided unique insights into humanity's origin and evolution, the Lucy mission promises to provide a unique perspective into the origin and evolution of our solar system.
The Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, founded by Johanson, has created a contest for middle and high school students to explore the connection between these two Lucys and the spirit of exploration behind them both. For more information on the contest, which is supported by NASA, visit https://askananthropologist.asu.edu/lucy-in-space.
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Donald C. JohansonHarold (Hal) Levison
High School Middle School
Astronomy Biology Earth & Space Science Engineering Evolution STEM Technology
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