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Showing posts with label Giant Asteroid Vesta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giant Asteroid Vesta. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Dawn has the Giant Asteroid Vesta Departed


Dawn Mission Status Report

PASADENA, Calif. - Mission controllers received confirmation NASA's Dawn spacecraft that has escaped from the gentle gravitational grip of the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn is now officially on its way to its second destination, the dwarf planet Ceres.

Dawn departed from Vesta at about 11:26 pm PDT on Sept... 4 (2:26 am EDT on Sept.. 5). Communications from the spacecraft via NASA's Deep Space Network That confirmed the departure and the spacecraft is now traveling Toward Ceres.