Johanson told FLORIDA TODAY, a member of the USA TODAY Network, "I get goosebumps when I think about it." “That a human ancestor who lived so long ago stimulated a mission which promises to add valuable information about the formation of our solar system is incredibly exciting,” said Johanson, of Arizona State University, who traveled to Cape Canaveral for his first rocket launch. absolutely mind-expanding.” He said he was filled with wonder about this “intersection of our past, our present and our future.” The paleoanthropologist behind the fossil Lucy discovery, Donald Johanson, had goose bumps watching Lucy soar - “I will never look at Jupiter the same. “Anyway, if you meet anyone up there, Lucy, give them peace and love from me.” “I’m so excited - Lucy is going back in the sky with diamonds. The spacecraft also carried a disc made of lab-grown diamonds for one of its science instruments. That discovery got its name from the 1967 Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” prompting NASA to send the spacecraft soaring with band members’ lyrics and other luminaries’ words of wisdom imprinted on a plaque. Lucy is named after the 3.2 million-year-old skeletal remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia nearly a half-century ago. Researchers grew emotional describing the successful launch - lead scientist Hal Levison said it was like witnessing the birth of a child. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, thought to be the pristine leftovers of planetary formation.Īn Atlas V rocket blasted off before dawn, sending Lucy on a roundabout journey spanning nearly 4 billion miles. A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.
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