NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End “NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn […]
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There Are Salt Deposits on Ceres
Brine Deposits Are The Source of Ceres’ Bright Spots “Bright spots seen by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres are likely salt deposits, a paper published […]
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QR Codes on Ceres?
New Images of Ceres “New images of dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, show the cratered surface of this mysterious world in sharper detail than ever before. These […]
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Getting Closer to Ceres
Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres “Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out in the latest images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. These images, taken Feb. […]
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Maximizing Dawn's Scientific Mission at Ceres
Maximizing Dawn’s Scientific Mission at Ceres: SBAG Report “At the last SBAG meeting, it was implied that the Dawn at Vesta Participating Scientist Program had not been fully successful. To […]
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Vesta Atlas Released
Take a Virtual, High-Resolution Tour of Vesta, NASA “An atlas of the giant asteroid Vesta, created from images taken as NASA’s Dawn mission flew around the object (also known as […]
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Dawn Loses Another Reaction Wheel
NASA Dawn Mission Status Report 14 August 2012 “During a planned communications pass on Aug. 9, the team learned that the reaction wheel had been powered off. Telemetry data from […]
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NASA is Sitting on Dawn Images Again (Update)
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Asteroid Vesta “NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Saturday became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between […]
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Prox Ops at Vesta
Dawn Spacecraft to Enter Orbit Around Asteroid Vesta on July 15 “On July 15, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta, making the mission the […]
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Prox Ops At Vesta
Dawn Nears Start of Year-Long Stay at Giant Asteroid Vesta NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to […]