WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:11.911 --> 00:00:16.249 Hi, my name is Donya Douglas Bradshaw, and I'm the project manager 2 00:00:16.249 --> 00:00:20.754 for the Lucy Project, which will be the first mission to the Trojan asteroids. 3 00:00:21.121 --> 00:00:23.556 Building a spacecraft is quite exciting. 4 00:00:23.790 --> 00:00:27.494 I worked many decades as a mechanical engineer, 5 00:00:27.494 --> 00:00:30.597 really focused on thermal and heat transfer. 6 00:00:30.597 --> 00:00:34.534 And so when you work in that capacity, you are supporting 7 00:00:34.534 --> 00:00:37.637 the development of spacecraft as well as instruments. 8 00:00:38.938 --> 00:00:40.106 Hi, my name is Dr. 9 00:00:40.106 --> 00:00:44.611 Carly Howett and I'm the instrument scientist of the MVIC camera on Lucy. 10 00:00:45.078 --> 00:00:48.782 I love working on Lucy for so many reasons, but one of them is 11 00:00:48.915 --> 00:00:52.719 being able to explore the universe from the comfort of my own office. 12 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:57.223 So I don't have to don diving gear or, you know, go into these dangerous 13 00:00:57.223 --> 00:00:58.725 or hard situations. 14 00:00:58.725 --> 00:01:01.828 I get to enjoy the data as it comes back from the comfort 15 00:01:01.828 --> 00:01:04.531 of my office and explore the universe that way. 16 00:01:05.031 --> 00:01:07.700 My name is Cory Prykull, and I am a mechanical operations 17 00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:10.437 lead for the interplanetary spacecraft, Lucy. 18 00:01:11.037 --> 00:01:14.374 My job is to plan and lead major mechanical operations 19 00:01:14.374 --> 00:01:17.944 such as spacecraft transportations, spacecraft crane lifts, 20 00:01:18.178 --> 00:01:22.515 or testing of major spacecraft components and ensure they go off without a hitch. 21 00:01:24.250 --> 00:01:27.253 My name is Mike Sekerak, I'm the deputy project system engineer for Lucy, 22 00:01:27.821 --> 00:01:29.355 the thing I like the most about project system 23 00:01:29.355 --> 00:01:32.258 engineering, is that you get to touch all aspects of the mission 24 00:01:32.692 --> 00:01:37.030 from the spacecraft, payload, and launch vehicle ground system, flight dynamics 25 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:38.598 - project system engineers 26 00:01:38.598 --> 00:01:41.101 have oversight of all of those different aspects of the mission. 27 00:01:41.868 --> 00:01:43.069 I'm Tiffany Kapler. 28 00:01:43.069 --> 00:01:47.207 I am a public outreach specialist with the Lucy Mission. 29 00:01:47.574 --> 00:01:52.612 And one of the things that I love about my job is that it gives me an opportunity 30 00:01:52.612 --> 00:01:57.951 to use my creativity and share my enthusiasm for science 31 00:01:57.951 --> 00:02:02.021 with others while I get them excited about space exploration. 32 00:02:02.555 --> 00:02:05.725 Hi, I'm Rick Berry, and I am the configuration management 33 00:02:05.725 --> 00:02:08.628 lead for the Lucy Mission at Goddard Space Flight Center. 34 00:02:08.862 --> 00:02:09.996 We're building spacecraft. 35 00:02:09.996 --> 00:02:13.066 We're building payloads and instruments at Goddard. 36 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:17.637 We coordinate with our team members to ensure that the configuration 37 00:02:17.637 --> 00:02:22.642 management is correct by managing the changes and the requirements. 38 00:02:22.809 --> 00:02:26.646 Hello, my name is Elizabeth McCall and I'm the project support specialist 39 00:02:26.646 --> 00:02:27.981 for the Lucy Project. 40 00:02:27.981 --> 00:02:32.085 One of the more memorable experiences I've had was just in July of this year, 41 00:02:32.352 --> 00:02:36.823 I was able to fly with the spacecraft from Colorado to Florida on a C17. 42 00:02:37.257 --> 00:02:41.494 My name is Vince Elliott, and I'm the Lucy deputy project manager over resources. 43 00:02:42.128 --> 00:02:45.331 I lead a team of 12 and they are exceptional at what they do. 44 00:02:46.099 --> 00:02:48.868 It also means I get to work with some of the brightest engineers 45 00:02:48.868 --> 00:02:52.939 and scientists the world has ever known doing something that I love. 46 00:02:53.606 --> 00:02:54.674 Hi, my name is James Tralie, 47 00:02:54.674 --> 00:02:58.111 and I'm a producer and animator at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 48 00:02:58.411 --> 00:03:01.181 And I created the video series you're currently watching right now. 49 00:03:01.881 --> 00:03:05.785 I'm so excited to see Lucy launch, and I can't wait to share the complex 50 00:03:05.785 --> 00:03:08.855 and exciting discoveries that we make out there at the Trojans 51 00:03:08.855 --> 00:03:10.590 to you, the public, through film and animation. 52 00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:13.092 Go, NASA, Go, Lucy!