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Thread: On to Ceres: Dawn Spacecraft Ready to Say Farewell to Asteroid Vesta

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    On to Ceres: Dawn Spacecraft Ready to Say Farewell to Asteroid Vesta

    The feat has never been accomplished before and next week’s departure for the Dawn spacecraft from Vesta will be monumental. Dawn is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant solar system destinations. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 4 PDT (Sept. 5 EDT) [...]

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    Some think a manned mission may not be out of the question later:
    http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind...?topic=18832.0

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