• Dawn’s Stellar Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-09-27 23:40:29
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dear Dawnniversaries, On the fifth anniversary of the beginning of its ambitious interplanetary adventure, Dawn can look back with [...]

  • Next SpaceX launch set for Oct 7 – this one counts

    Updated: 2012-09-20 23:31:52
    NASA and SpaceX announced Thursday that they have set Oct. 7 as the date of the first-ever, official private resupply mission to the International Space Station, featuring the Dragon capsule. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo spacecraft is set for 8:34 p.m that evening. It follows SpaceX’s successful first-ever space station private [...]

  • Dawn’s Split from Asteroid Vesta - Mission Insider Explains

    Updated: 2012-09-05 19:27:59
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft departed the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 04, 2012 PDT to begin its journey to a second destination, the dwarf planet Ceres, which [...]

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