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Planetary scientists say that the giant asteroid Vesta may contain large amounts of water-ice, which may be able to endure there for billions of years. The conclusion came from a new analysis of the protoplanet's surface, as well as its average temperatures.
The NASA Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting Vesta sin... |
26 January 2012
04:17 GMT |
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According to officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, the Dawn spacecraft has finally entered its fourth and final orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. Its current path is called the low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO).
This orbit takes it at an average altitude of about 130 mi... |
13 December 2011
02:34 GMT |
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Relatively-new craters on the surface of the protoplanet Vesta have been revealed by the NASA Dawn spacecraft. The probe's framing cameras managed to find the structures even if they were partially concealed by a layer of sediments and other debris.
In fact, it would now appear that Vesta – the largest as... |
8 December 2011
09:39 GMT |
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In a new image the NASA Dawn spacecraft collected of the giant asteroid Vesta, the geological layers and ingredients that make up the space rock are made clearly visible. The false-color photo depicts the protoplanet in never-before-seen detail.
The photo has a resolution of 480 meters per pixel, and was captured u... |
6 December 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, have just released a new video showing the largest asteroid in our solar system, Vesta, in 3D. The short clip was put together from data collected by the NASA Dawn mission, which is currently orbiting the space rock.
The spacecraft entere... |
2 December 2011
03:23 GMT |
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Since July 16, when it entered orbit around the solar system's largest asteroid, the NASA Dawn space probe has been collecting a wealth of data on the space rock. Now, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are sharing the findings with their colleagues.The early sci... |
18 October 2011
05:46 GMT |
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Data collected by the NASA Dawn space probe indicated a short time ago that Vesta – its mission target and the largest asteroid in the solar system – houses the largest mountain ever discovered. Now, new data show the landscape feature from a different perspective.
The mountain on Vesta is roughly 13 ... |
11 October 2011
03:47 GMT |
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The latest data sent to Earth by the NASA Dawn space probe – currently in orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta – indicate that a massive mountain exists on the object's southern hemisphere. In addition, the spacecraft also found an unexpected level of geological diversity on the object.
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4 October 2011
08:45 GMT |
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Since arriving in orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta, in mid-July this year, the NASA Dawn space probe changed two observations orbits. This allowed it to compile interesting maps of the largest asteroid in our solar system, showing it to be more geologically diverse than researchers first estimated.
The large ... |
4 October 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The NASA Dawn space probe has descended into a new science orbit around Vesta, the largest asteroid in our solar system. The spacecraft is currently in its second of four planned orbits. After completing studies from all these locations, it will depart for the dwarf planet Ceres in mid-2012.
Mission controllers at... |
1 October 2011
04:19 GMT |
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Eager to make the most of Dawn mission to the large asteroid Vesta, mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are putting the spacecraft through its paces. Over the past few weeks, the probe has snapped a large numbers of photos depicting the space rock.
The reason w... |
16 September 2011
05:19 GMT |
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After arriving at the largest asteroid in our solar system about a month ago, a NASA space probe has now succeeded in entering the first of four science orbits it needs to take around the space body. This marks the first time a spacecraft is orbiting an object of interest in the Inner Asteroid Belt (IAB).The NASA Daw... |
12 August 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Mission controllers for the Dawn spacecraft were surprised to see an unexpected formation on the surface of the massive asteroid Vesta, in the latest batch of images the orbiter sent back to Earth. The photos show a region of the large space rock that is riddled with craters, of which several were formed in a strange... |
3 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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After successfully entering orbit around Vesta – the largest space rock in the Inner Asteroid Belt – the NASA Dawn space probe is now getting ready to move into its first science orbits. During the year it will spend at the protoplanet, the spacecraft will take on a total of four such orbits.The orbiter i... |
2 August 2011
03:25 GMT |
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Experts managing the NASA Dawn mission announce that the spacecraft was recently able to snap the first images of the asteroid’s South Pole. This space rock is the largest in our solar system to be classified as an asteroid. Dawn is the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the Inner Asteroid Belt... |
25 July 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Just a couple of days after becoming the first probe to orbit a body in the Inner Asteroid Belt, the NASA Dawn spacecraft managed to send back the first close-up images of the giant asteroid Vesta.
The object is the largest known space rock in the solar system, bordering on being classified as a protoplanet. The ... |
19 July 2011
02:28 GMT |
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, confirmed that the Dawn spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta, on Saturday, July 16. The maneuver took place 117 million miles away from Earth. This achievement marks the first time that a spacecr... |
18 July 2011
03:04 GMT |
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NASA mission controllers are excited about the fact that the Dawn spacecraft is finally about to enter orbit around the large asteroid Vesta today, July 15. The maneuver is expected to take place at around 10 pm PDT (01:00 am EDT, 0600 GMT Saturday, July 16).After the spacecraft is captured in orbit around the astero... |
15 July 2011
04:49 GMT |
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One of the most debated mysteries surrounding the large asteroid/protoplanet Vesta is whether the celestial body has a moon or not. As Dawn gets ready to enter orbit around the space rock, the issue is about to be resolved, scientists on both sides of the fence believe. There are many things that experts hope the NAS... |
11 July 2011
08:27 GMT |
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Mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are now struggling to discover the source of a glitch that lead to the Dawn spacecraft experiencing a temporary loss of thrust on June 27.The orbiter is currently heading for a July 16 rendezvous with Vesta, the largest asteroid/protoplanet in our entire so... |
8 July 2011
08:53 GMT |
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Well underway to enter orbit around the largest asteroid in our solar system, the NASA Dawn space probe has just sent back a series of new images of the enormous rock. The levels of detail we now have on the object are higher than ever before. Dawn is currently expected to start orbiting its target on July 16, and to... |
8 July 2011
02:46 GMT |
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In less than 10 days, the NASA Dawn spacecraft will enter orbit around Vesta, the largest asteroid in our solar system. The probe has been traveling towards the giant space rock since 2007. A few weeks ago, the spacecraft saw Vesta for the first time. Images of the object were snapped using the navigations cameras on... |
6 July 2011
04:36 GMT |
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Next month, researchers at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will have an important reason to celebrate, when the Dawn spacecraft will finally reach Vesta, the most massive asteroid in our solar system. The probe is now scheduled to enter orbit around the large space rock on July 16. According to mission ... |
24 June 2011
03:13 GMT |
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As the NASA Dawn spacecraft is heading for a July 2011 rendezvous with Vesta, the largest asteroid in the solar system, the cameras on the probe have put together a short clip of the approaching space rock.The new data will help mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California,... |
13 June 2011
11:04 GMT |
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The Dawn space probe is scheduled to soon enter orbit around the largest asteroid in the solar system, Vesta. The massive space object is already within reach, and instruments aboard the probe can already see it as a very distant object. At this point, the massive asteroid is located about 143 million miles from Eart... |
10 June 2011
03:00 GMT |
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An ion engine probe operated by the American space agency in the Inner Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter has just seen its target, the largest asteroid in the solar system, for the first time ever. The spacecraft, called Dawn, is scheduled to reach Vesta a couple of months from now, and to enter or... |
11 May 2011
10:55 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that the Dawn mission has achieved a remarkable milestone recently, when it managed to use its onboard cameras for navigation for the first time.
The robotic probe is heading towards the asteroid Vesta, which many astronomers believe could be a protoplanet that was not g... |
4 May 2011
01:47 GMT |
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More than 204 years after the initial discovery of the massive asteroid Vesta, NASA is finally gearing up to begin observing the large space rock directly. The Dawn spacecraft, which has been traveling through space for years, is now getting ready to enter orbit around the space boulder. German astronomer Heinrich Wi... |
30 March 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Scientists with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announce that the Dawn space probe has been reawaken again, after six months of hibernation. The reason for this is that the spacecraft is approaching its first target, Vesta, the largest known asteroid in the solar system.The explorer ... |
22 March 2011
08:43 GMT |
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The second-largest asteroid in our solar system, Vesta, apparently just gave birth to a new object recently, a mini-asteroid that has been dubbed 1999 AT10. This space rock, which boasts a violent history, could be used to derive more data on the earliest days of the solar system.
One of the most interesting thin... |
8 January 2011
03:55 GMT |
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In a bid to gain more insight into asteroid Vesta ahead of the Dawn spacecraft's visit, scientists used the NASA Hubble Space Telescope to observe the giant space rock in great detail. This study is very important for mission planners in charge of managing the NASA Dawn space probe, which needs to rendezvous wit... |
9 October 2010
03:53 GMT |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft is less than year closer to finally reaching giant asteroid Vesta, as it enter its orbit in late July 2011.The first images of the asteroid will captivate the public as it will look like it is broadcast live, says Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ... |
20 August 2010
10:56 GMT |
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The American space agency currently has numerous missions spread out across the solar system, but one of them stands out through its ambitions and complexity. The Dawn spacecraft is currently en route to the dwarf planet Ceres, and then onwards to the large asteroid Vesta. Its trajectory called for impressively-compl... |
8 June 2010
09:55 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announce that the Dawn spacecraft is currently doing alright, with all mission parameters at their optimal values. The probe, which is currently on its way to the dwarf planet Ceres, and the gigantic asteroid Vesta – both in the Inner Asteroid Belt beyond the orbit of Mars – is on time a... |
6 May 2010
09:50 GMT |
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Today, November 14, the NASA Dawn spacecraft entered the inner asteroid belt of our solar system for the last time. The probe is scheduled to visit the dwarf planet Ceres, and also the large asteroid Vesta, and to collect scientific readings on as many of the objects' properties as possible. The asteroid belt li... |
14 November 2009
06:50 GMT |
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The recently discovered 2 Pallas is an asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter, and previous investigations have determined that it is a bit too impressive in size to be a simple rock. Indeed, the first high-resolution images to come to astronomers seem to demonstrate that the celestial body is a protoplanet, as sp... |
13 October 2009
18:11 GMT |
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On Tuesday, February 17th, NASA's spacecraft Dawn, which is currently heading for the asteroid belt with the aim of studying the Vesta asteroid and the Ceres dwarf planet, passed only 549 kilometers (341 miles) away from the Red Planet, thus successfully completing its Mars-assist stage. This maneuver, which req... |
28 February 2009
03:28 GMT |
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The Dawn spacecraft, a NASA mission to the main asteroid belt, recently shut down its ion engines, according to the schedule, NASA officials announced. The three top notch propulsion systems may be switched on again in January in order to adjust the craft's orbit as it will near Mars, its first target during the... |
22 November 2008
18:31 GMT |
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