dawn mission

SCIENCE CORNER Ceres reveals some of its well-kept secrets in two new studies in the journal Nature, thanks to data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. They...

SCIENCE CORNER NASA’s Dawn spacecraft fired up its ion engine on Friday, Oct. 23, to begin its journey toward its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf...

SCIENCE CORNER Many residents of Earth’s northern hemisphere have already completed their leisurely summer vacations by now. By Dr. Marc D. Rayman On Ceres,...

SCIENCE CORNER An ambitious explorer from Earth is gaining the best views ever of dwarf planet Ceres. More than two centuries after its discovery, this...

SCIENCE CORNER | Control of Dawn’s orientation in the weightless conditions of spaceflight is the responsibility of the attitude control system. By Dr. Marc...