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Dawn moves away from Mars

Rome, Italy - Nasa drill continues its journey towards Vesta and Ceres

Made the fly-by the wn drill is now moving away from Mars carrying on its spiral journey driving it to Vesta asteroid in October 2011 and to Ceres in July 2015. Passing close to the red Planet allowed to use the planet's gravity to modify the drill's trajectory, extending its elliptic orbit pushing it further from the Sun. Besides, Dawn's orbital plane has been adjusted of 5 degrees, lining up with...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100402

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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