Tuesday 19 July 2011

NASA spacecraft Dawn is orbiting huge asteroid Vesta, prepares to begin year of study

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Dawn spacecraft was captured into orbit around the massive asteroid Vesta after a 1.7 billion-mile journey and is preparing to begin a study of a surface that may date to the earliest era of the solar system, the space agency said Monday. The entry into orbit occurred ...

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