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August 06, 2014

Dawn navigates mini-asteroid belt
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2014
Patient and persistent, silent and alone, Dawn is continuing its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition. Flying through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the spacecraft is using its advanced ion propulsion system to travel from Vesta, the giant protoplanet it unveiled in 2011 and 2012, to Ceres, the dwarf planet it will reach in about eight months. Most of these logs since December have presented previews of the ambitious plan for entering orbit and operating at Ceres to discover ... read more

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				NASA's IBEX and Voyager spacecraft drive advances in outer heliosphere research Scientists yesterday highlighted an impressive list of achievements in researching the outer heliosphere at the 40th International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly in Moscow. ... more		AsiaSat 8 Successfully Lifts Off AsiaSat 8 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, U.S.A. at Hong Kong Time 4:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT or Cape Canaveral lo ... more

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