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Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. [1] In the fulfillment of that mission—the ninth in NASA's Discovery Program — Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, and completed a 14-month survey ...
This is a list of NASA missions, ... Discovery 9 – Dawn, launched September 2007, completed – Vesta in 2011-2012, and Ceres in 2015-2018;
The spacecraft entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, and completed a 14-month survey mission before leaving for Ceres in late 2012. It went into orbit around Ceres on March 6, 2015. Dawn performed near-global geological, chemical, and geophysical mapping of Ceres [8] until its hydrazine fuel was depleted on October 31, 2018.
NASA's Dawn mission is a mission in NASA's Discovery Program. Dawn orbited and explored the giant protoplanet Vesta in 2011-2012, and now it is in orbit and exploring a second new world, dwarf ...
The Dawn mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [101] Dawn is the first spacecraft to visit either Vesta or Ceres. It is also the first spacecraft to orbit two separate extraterrestrial bodies, using ion thrusters to travel between its targets.
Achita is a large impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres. The crater is named after Achita, a Nigerian god of agriculture. The crater was imaged as part of NASA's Dawn mission. [2] The probe showed that Achita has mass-wasting ridges on the floor [3] and is the fourth oldest crater on Ceres having been formed 570 million years ago. [4]
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft has photographed a pyramid-like mountain that rises nearly three miles above the planet's surface. How the peak was created remains a mystery, but there are some interesting ...
Collected soil samples near Mars' north pole to elucidate the history of water on Mars. Mission concluded 10 November 2008. [68] Dawn: Asteroid 4 Vesta: 27 September 2007 16 July 2011 entered orbit: 1388 days (3 years, 9 months, 19 days) Departed Vesta for 1 Ceres 5 September 2012. [69] 1 Ceres: 6 March 2015 entered orbit: 2718 days (7 years, 5 ...