NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres’ south polar region on May 17, 2017. Launched on Sept. 27, 2007, Dawn was NASA’s first truly interplanetary spaceship. The mission featured extended stays at two extraterrestrial bodies: giant asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, both in the debris-strewn main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft’s name […]
Posted on
March 10, 2025
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
407
11
58
2
1
35
3
3
55
1
1
1
14
4
1
38
1
15
29
8
6
233
3
5
1
18
281
1
6
13
2
1
1
10
62
1
133
170
17
33
12
1
1
22
112
10
11
3
3
1
5
13
67
36
10
1
19
9
113
4
2
1
30
11
1
386
41
4
26
1
19
37
6
661
1
1
48
13
222
1
1
8
7
159
2
2
371
3
1
17
6
13
6
14
1
2
41
17
10
1
1
3
3
1
46
1
3
152
29
136
202
107
11
1
105
210
1
3
14
1
10
6
299
2
1
46
2
54
1
46
46
18
3
2
11
2
3
1
2
10
6
1
4
2
1
30
45
5
2
21
141
54
1
1
95
13
114
4
14
69
1
20
3
14
1
3
187
1
101
10
2
7
7
3
2
18
4
1
34
17
18
1
21
1
6
3
27
388
10
362
Blog Posts
APOD: 2026 September 27 – Andromeda Before and After Photoshop
September 27, 2026
APOD: 2026 September 26 – Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
September 26, 2026
NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Development
September 26, 2026