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Dawn Spacecraft Starts Taking Detailed Observations of Vesta

By Marc Boucher
NASA Watch
August 11, 2011
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Dawn Spacecraft Starts Taking Detailed Observations of VestaNASA’s Asteroid Photographer Beams Back Science Data, NASA
The Dawn spacecraft has completed a graceful spiral into the first of four planned science orbits during the spacecraft’s yearlong visit to Vesta. The spacecraft started taking detailed observations on Aug. 11 at 9:13 a.m. PDT (12:13 a.m. EDT), which marks the official start of the first science-collecting orbit phase at Vesta, also known as the survey orbit.

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