September 27, 2007
Dawn Is On Its Way
NASA Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres Launched
"A four-year, 1.8 billion-mile flight to asteroid Vesta started with the rumble and roar of a Delta II rocket Sept. 27 that hurtled the Dawn spacecraft off a launch pad in Florida and into space."
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Dawn Mission for NASA, ULA
"Following a nominal one hour and two minute flight, the rocket deployed the spacecraft on its eight-year mission to study Ceres and Vesta, two asteroids residing in the vast asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter."
Posted by kcowing at September 27, 2007 9:16 AM
