NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Shuts Down Engines

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 lon... (read more)
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