NASA's Dawn spacecraft recovers after two malfunctions

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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has recovered from an unexpected phenomenon that resulted in the robotic explorer going into safe mode on September 11, mirroring a similar event that affected the spacecraft three years ago as it approached the protoplanet Vesta. Dawn was launched in September 2007 atop a Delta II-Heavy rocket with a mission to explore Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres... Continue Reading NASA's Dawn spacecraft recovers after two malfunctions

Section: Space

Tags: Antenna, Dwarf planet, ion engine, NASA, Solar System, Spacecraft

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