- On June 30, just in time for the global celebration known as Asteroid Day, NASA's Dawn spacecraft completes its primary mission. The mission exceeded all expectations originally set for its exploration of protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news-detail.html?id=6553 6 comments space
- Dawn Team Shares New Maps and Insights about Ceres http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news-detail.html?id=4725 2 comments space
- Dawn has paused ion-thrusting for today to take pictures of Ceres at an altitude of 7,700 kilometers. When will the pictures be released? http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status_2015.html 19 comments space
- Dawn Enters Science Orbit http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/dawn_enters_science_orbit.asp 3 comments space
- The newest image of Ceres is a crescent http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/pia19311_main.png 12 comments space
- Dawn In Excellent Shape One Month After Ceres Arrival (Also, New Pictures Were Taken Yesterday, April 10, but not yet released.) http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/excellent_shape_one_month_after_arrival.asp 15 comments space
- Dawn is Closing In on Dwarf Planet Ceres (crosspost from /r/dwarfplanetceres http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_first_orbit_dwarf_planet_review.asp 4 comments space
- [Dawn] NASA releases two new pictures of Ceres, acquired on Feb. 12, showing both faces of the dwarf planet http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_captures_sharper_images.asp 6 comments space
- The Dawn spacecraft is due to arrive at Ceres on March 6, 2015 http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ceres_seen_by_dawn_on_approach.asp 18 comments space
- NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_captures_best-ever_view_dwarfplanet.asp 45 comments space
- Ceres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared Light: New IR photo http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ceres_visible_infrared_light.asp 12 comments space
- Dawn Delivers New Image of Ceres [GIF] http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/opnav1.gif 22 comments space
- Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_spacecraft_begins_approach.asp 7 comments space
- The Dawn team has released its first image of Ceres! http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_snaps_image_ceres.asp 10 comments space
- "Traveling confidently and alone, Dawn continues to make its way through the silent depths of the main asteroid belt." Dawn Journal: August 30, 2013 http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_08_30_13.asp 3 comments space
- Ceres Series: Icy Wold Revealed? http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/dawncommunity/google_hangout_08_15_2013.asp 9 comments space
- Antonia Crater on Vesta in False Colors, Highlighting Mineral Composition http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/45_antonia_detail.jpg 3 comments space
- Dawn is now headed for dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body between the sun and Neptune not yet visited by a spacecraft. No other probe has done what Dawn can do, exploring two of the largest uncharted worlds in the inner solar system. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_09_05_12.asp 11 comments space
- Turning up the gain results in shadowed areas of Asteroid Vesta’s surface becoming illuminated http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201207/iotd-273_full.jpg 3 comments space
- Where is the Dawn spacecraft right now? http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/live_shots.asp 3 comments space
- Some small, planet-like bodies in the Solar system: Mars, Mercury, Moon, Ceres, Vesta http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/vesta-in-perspective_full.jpg 3 comments space
- Mineral Wealth of Asteroid Vesta - Laelia Crater http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201205/iotd-213-laelia_full.jpg 4 comments space
- Very strange crater on Vesta http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageoftheday/image.asp?date=20120420 3 comments space
- True color and false color (infrared) images of Vesta http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageoftheday/image.asp?date=20111025 4 comments space
- Something unusual on the surface of Vesta: Light and dark, small craters - Exotic chemistry or a discovery in the making. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201110/iotd-76_full.jpg 10 comments space
- "Black Mountain" on Vesta http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201109/092911_052_full.jpg 10 comments space
- A Much Closer View of Vesta's South Pole - Taken while Dawn was spiraling down toward a lower orbit http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201109/092611_049_full.jpg 9 comments space
- Landslides and Avalanches on Vesta: Dawn Image of the Day, Friday, 2011/09/16 http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201109/091611_039_full.jpg 3 comments space
- Dawn Image of the Day, Vesta, Sept. 11, 2011 (When Carl Sagan was alive and Voyager pictures arrived, we got instant interpretation, sometimes wildly wrong, but instant. Now we get, "Craters, Scarps, Troughs, Grooves and Plains on Vesta," with no explanation.) http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201109/091111_037_full.jpg 3 comments space
- Latest picture from Vesta http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/imageoftheday/201109/090411_027_detail.jpg 49 comments space
- Ion engine hot fire test. (photo) http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/ion1_300.jpg 91 comments space
- Yet another pretty picture of Asteroid Vesta, from the Dawn spacecraft, which is spiraling into a closer orbit. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/dawn_vesta_image_355888320.asp 5 comments space
- Another Mystery on the Asteroid Vesta - Strange Tracks on its Surface. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/dawn-image-073111-full.jpg 9 comments space
- Newest image of asteroid/protoplanet Vesta, taken from 5200 km away. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/dawn_spacecraft_views_vesta.asp 4 comments space
Linking pages
- How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars — Wait But Why https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html 322 comments
- Ion Propulsion Helps Spacecraft Cruise Solar System on the Cheap | WIRED http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2007/10/ion_propulsion 65 comments
- NASA Spacecraft Closing In on Dwarf Planets Pluto and Ceres - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/science/nasa-spacecraft-get-a-closer-look-at-pluto-and-ceres-whatever-they-may-be.html 42 comments
- NASA missions may re-elevate Pluto and Ceres from dwarf planets to full-on planet status https://theconversation.com/nasa-missions-may-re-elevate-pluto-and-ceres-from-dwarf-planets-to-full-on-planet-status-36081 40 comments
- Dreaming big: planning a human mission to outer solar system | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/dreaming-big-planning-a-human-mission-to-outer-solar-system.ars 37 comments
- The Dwarf Planet That Came in from the Cold—Maybe - Eos https://eos.org/articles/the-dwarf-planet-that-came-in-from-the-cold-maybe 33 comments
- Evidence for Moon-Forming Impact Found Inside Meteorites | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute http://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/evidence-for-moon-forming-impact-found-inside-meteorites/ 24 comments
- Dead star eats water-rich asteroid - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24491845 22 comments
- SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA Compete to Put Humans on Mars | Digital Trends http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/as-billionaires-ogle-mars-the-space-race-is-back-on/ 19 comments
- Dawn spacecraft gets an eyeful of dwarf planet Ceres - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30888818 15 comments
- Another Mars mission ... but what about the rest of the solar system? http://theconversation.com/another-mars-mission-but-what-about-the-rest-of-the-solar-system-20703?amp%3Butm_campaign=latest+from+the+conversation+for+26+november+2013&%3Butm_content=latest+from+the+conversation+for+26+november+2013+cid_0015461ffc05f371a8d77b84f10895b7&%3Butm_source=campaign_monitor&%3Butm_term=another+mars+mission++but+what+about+the+rest+of+the+solar+system 13 comments
- Destination asteroid: NASA probe arrives at ancient ‘mini moon’ - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/destination-asteroid-nasa-probe-arrives-at-ancient-mini-moon/2011/07/15/gIQAsOxdGI_story.html?hpid=z4 10 comments
- Traveling to Mars with immortal plasma rockets https://theconversation.com/traveling-to-mars-with-immortal-plasma-rockets-58705 7 comments
- 'Planet' Pluto comes into view - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30746650#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa 6 comments
- Rosetta probe passes Asteroid Lutetia - BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10587674.stm 5 comments
- Asteroid Vesta is 'last of a kind' rock - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18027933 5 comments
- NASA invests $67 million into solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/22/nasa-invests-67-million-into-solar-electric-propulsion-for-deep-space-exploration/ 4 comments
- A Mission to Deflect an Asteroid Just Moved into the Final Design and Assembly Phase - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/139954/a-mission-to-deflect-an-asteroid-just-moved-into-the-final-design-and-assembly-phase/ 4 comments
- Dawn Probe Spots a Bright Surprise on Ceres: Is It Ice? http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/dawn-probe-spots-bright-surprise-ceres-it-ice-n312831 4 comments
- Asteroid Lutetia has thick blanket of debris - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11470851 4 comments