This image of the giant asteroid Vesta was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in the evening Nov. 27 PST (early morning Nov. 28, UTC), as it was spiraling down from its high altitude mapping orbit to ...
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Dawn Orbiting Over Vesta
Dawn Orbiting Vesta
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbiting the giant asteroid Vesta. The depiction of Vesta is based on images obtained by Dawn's framing cameras.
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Asteroid Vesta in a 'Rainbow-Colored Palette'
This image using color data obtained by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Vesta's southern hemisphere in color, centered on the Rheasilvia formation. Rheasilvia is an impact ...
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A discussion of the Dawn mission
Dawn's mission is to study a pair of very different asteroids that never grew large enough to become planets.
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Dawn's Deputy Principal Investigator
A look at how the Dawn spacecraft will examine a pair of large asteroids.
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Dawn's Mission Begins
See how the Dawn spacecraft and Delta II rocket were readied for launch.
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Dawn, Mission to the Asteroid Belt
NASA's Dawn mission is getting ready to launch on an unprecedented tour of two residents of the asteroid belt. This mission will be the first to orbit two different bodies in our solar system.
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Delta's Roaring Past
The first Delta flew in 1960, and the rocket family has been growing ever since.
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Delta Ready for Dawn
Take look at some of the steps that go into processing the Dawn spacecraft and its Delta II rocket for launch.
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