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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)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. In the fulfillment of that mission—the ninth in NASA's Discovery Program—Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, … See more
Technological background
The first working ion thruster in the US was built by Harold R. Kaufman in 1959 at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Ohio. The thruster was similar to the general design of a gridded … See more
The Dawn mission's goal was to characterize the conditions and processes of the Solar System's earliest eon by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets … See more
Launch preparations
On April 10, 2007, the spacecraft arrived at the Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary of SPACEHAB, Inc. in Titusville, Florida, where it was prepared for launch. The launch was originally scheduled for June 20, but was delayed … See moreThe Dawn mission was designed to study two large bodies in the asteroid belt in order to answer questions about the formation of the Solar System, as well as to test the performance of its See more
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory provided overall planning and management of the mission, the flight system and scientific payload development, and … See more
Dimensions
With its solar array in the retracted launch position, the Dawn spacecraft is 2.36 meters (7.7 ft) wide. With its solar arrays fully extended, Dawn is 19.7 m (65 ft) wide. The solar arrays have a total area of 36.4 m (392 sq ft). … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license- https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)
Dawn is a space probe launched bi NASA in September 2007 wi the mission o studyin twa o the three kent protoplanets o the asteroid belt, Vesta an Ceres. It is currently in orbit aboot its …
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Dawn is an unmanned NASA space probe. It has orbited and studied the asteroid Vesta, and it is currently orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres. Both Vesta and Ceres are in the asteroid belt. Dawn …
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Dawn is an unmanned NASA space probe. It has orbited and studied the asteroid Vesta, and it is currently orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres. Both Vesta and Ceres are in the asteroid belt. Dawn …
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- What's with the gallery of random images? A gallery needs to contribute something to the article, per WP:IG. If a reader just wants more photos of Ceres and Vesta, they can go to the Ceres and Vesta articles. It's pointless to repeat them all here. — kwami (talk) 21:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC) 1. (I renamed the section). Let's come to a consensus no...
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Nov 03, 2021 · Dawn launched in 2007 on a journey that put about 4.3 billion miles (6.9 billion kilometers) on its odometer. Propelled by ion engines, the spacecraft achieved many firsts …
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Dawn will be the first spacecraft to orbit two different planetary bodies (other than Earth and the Moon), and the first to visit Ceres or Vesta. Neither body is planetary (or at least both are not - …
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Dawn seen from above before it is mating to the rocket for second time.jpg 2,000 × 3,008; 702 KB. Dawn spacecraft in thermal vacuum chamber.jpg 1,500 × 1,200; 210 KB. Dawn …
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Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, scheduled to launch no earlier than March 2023. The …
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https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Dawn_(spacecraft)Mar 17, 2004 · 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 …
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