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[NSS]Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Asteroid Vesta July 15

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Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Asteroid Vesta July 15

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will enter orbit around the second most massive (but third largest) asteroid in the asteroid belt at around 10 pm Pacific Daylight Time Friday July 15. It will stay in orbit around Vesta for about a year and then move on to orbit the largest asteroid, Ceres. This demanding mission profile is [...]

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