NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Begins Science Orbits of Vesta

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 11:32 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the first ever to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt, is spiraling towards its first of four intensive science orbits.

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