Dawn Mission Outreach E-Bulletin 41st Edition August 31, 2012
Hasta La Vesta
just around the corner
Hasta La Vesta Dawn Mission Google+ Hangout September 8, 2012 12:00 p.m. PDT
It's just around the corner!! NASA's Dawn Mission has spent a thrilling year at Vesta, gathering data close up and far away with Dawn's international payload of instruments. We are saying Hasta la vista, Vesta, to our favorite giant asteroid as we begin our journey to icy dwarf planet Ceres, the first time humans have ever visited two celestial objects in one mission.
Connect with Dawn team members and fellow Dawn mission fans in real-time in a Dawn Mission Google+ Hangout! Dawn scientists and engineers will share mission stories and answer questions submitted via Facebook and Twitter in a live, interactive video event.
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A glimpse of Vesta's North Pole captured by the Dawn spacecraft's framing camera. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
News Release: August 30, 2012 NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant solar system destinations, to help scientists answer questions about the formation of our solar system. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 4 PDT (Sept. 5 EDT) to start its two-and-a-half-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.
Get on-the-minute mission and science updates during this unprecedented transition as Dawn gets ready to say good-bye to giant asteroid Vesta and begin its remarkable journey to another member of the main asteroid belt, dwarf planet Ceres: a first for humankind! Follow the Dawn Mission on Facebook, Twitter and our RSS Feed.
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