News tagged with dawn spacecraft
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid?
(PhysOrg.com) -- On March 29, 1807, German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers spotted Vesta as a pinprick of light in the sky. Two hundred and four years later, as NASA's Dawn spacecraft prepares to begin ...
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Mar 30, 2011 |
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Dawn opens its eyes, checks its instruments
(PhysOrg.com) -- After a hibernation of about six months, the framing cameras on board NASA's Dawn spacecraft have again ventured a look into the stars. The spacecraft also powered up its visible and infrared ...
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Mar 22, 2011 |
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Countdown to Vesta
Let the countdown begin. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is less than one year away from giant asteroid Vesta.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Engineers Assess Dawn's Reaction Wheel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are studying the reaction wheels on NASA's Dawn spacecraft after automatic sensors detected excess friction building up in one of them and powered it off early on the morning of ...
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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Dawn Spacecraft Fires Past Record for Speed Change (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep in the heart of the asteroid belt, on its way to the first of the belt's two most massive inhabitants, NASA's ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft has eclipsed the record for velocity change ...
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Jun 08, 2010 |
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Get Set for a Possible Glimpse of an Asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most prominent asteroid in the sky is currently yours for the perusing with binoculars -- and perhaps even the naked eye.
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Feb 17, 2010 |
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Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For Good
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt today, Nov. 13, and this time it will stay there.
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Spacecraft Talk Continued During JPL Wildfire Threat
As the flames of the raging brush fire dubbed the Station Fire threatened the northern edge of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Saturday, Aug. 29, the managers of NASA's Deep Space Network prepared for ...
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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Dawn Finishes Mars Phase
(PhysOrg.com) -- With Mars disappearing in its metaphorical rearview mirror, NASA's Dawn spacecraft's next stop is the asteroid belt and the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn got as close as 549 kilometers (341 miles) ...
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Feb 27, 2009 |
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NASA Spacecraft Falling For Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Launched in September of 2007, and propelled by any one of a trio of hyper-efficient ion engines, NASA's Dawn spacecraft passed the orbit of Mars last summer. At that time, the asteroid belt ...
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