The launch of the Dawn spacecraft aboard a Delta 2 Heavy 7925H [video] to the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter started perfectly today beginning the three billion mile space trek to the asteroids Vesta in 2011 and Ceres and 2015. The Dawn mission is the first attempt to travel to a celestial body and orbit it, then travel to another and circle it too. Ion-propulsion technology engines are making the voyage possible. Audio Report.Thursday, September 27, 2007
DAWN LAUNCH PERFECT
The launch of the Dawn spacecraft aboard a Delta 2 Heavy 7925H [video] to the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter started perfectly today beginning the three billion mile space trek to the asteroids Vesta in 2011 and Ceres and 2015. The Dawn mission is the first attempt to travel to a celestial body and orbit it, then travel to another and circle it too. Ion-propulsion technology engines are making the voyage possible. Audio Report.
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