Friday 10 April 2015

Dawn in Excellent Shape One Month After Ceres Arrival

IRON AND ICE
Dawn in Excellent Shape One Month After Ceres Arrival
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2015 - Since its capture by the gravity of dwarf planet Ceres on March 6, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has performed flawlessly, continuing to thrust with its ion engine as planned. The thrust, combined with Ceres' gravity, is gradually guiding the spacecraft into a circular orbit around the dwarf planet. All of the spacecraft's systems and instruments are in excellent health. Dawn has been following i ... more


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