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Italian Space Agency: DAWN "Captured" Vesta
Rome, Italy - NASA's spacecraft entered orbit on July 16 and early will begin to study the structure
PASADENA, Calif.NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Saturday became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dawn will study the asteroid, named Vesta, for a year before departing for a second destination, a dwarf planet named Ceres, in July 2012. Observations will provide unprecedented data to help scientists understand the earliest chapter...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency