DAWN is a mission sent to examine in detail the minor planet
Ceres and the large asteroid Vesta. She has 3 ION drives and
recently went into cruise mode on her way to Vesta. On the way
there DAWN will do a flyby of Mars and no doubt try out her
imaging systems and sensors.
More info at the DAWN mission home page....
There's a long and very detailed post in the Planetary Societies
"Dawn Journal" blog by Dr. Marc Rayman, Dawns Project System
Engineer, detailing her recent progress which includes entering
interplanetary cruise mode.
An absolutely GREAT read;
Blog post....
Part of the included material is this pic of NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster)
and NGC 3372 (Carina Nebula) taken by Dawn's framing camera;
Ceres and the large asteroid Vesta. She has 3 ION drives and
recently went into cruise mode on her way to Vesta. On the way
there DAWN will do a flyby of Mars and no doubt try out her
imaging systems and sensors.
More info at the DAWN mission home page....
There's a long and very detailed post in the Planetary Societies
"Dawn Journal" blog by Dr. Marc Rayman, Dawns Project System
Engineer, detailing her recent progress which includes entering
interplanetary cruise mode.
An absolutely GREAT read;
Blog post....
Part of the included material is this pic of NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster)
and NGC 3372 (Carina Nebula) taken by Dawn's framing camera;
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