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A discussion of the Dawn mission

Dawn's mission is to study a pair of very different asteroids that never grew large enough to become planets.
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Dawn's Deputy Principal Investigator

A look at how the Dawn spacecraft will examine a pair of large asteroids.
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Dawn's Mission Begins

See how the Dawn spacecraft and Delta II rocket were readied for launch.
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Dawn, Mission to the Asteroid Belt

NASA's Dawn mission is getting ready to launch on an unprecedented tour of two residents of the asteroid belt. This mission will be the first to orbit two different bodies in our solar system.
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Delta's Roaring Past

The first Delta flew in 1960, and the rocket family has been growing ever since.
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Delta Ready for Dawn

Take look at some of the steps that go into processing the Dawn spacecraft and its Delta II rocket for launch.
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