{"id":10035,"date":"2015-03-02T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2015-03-03T00:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T05:27:04","slug":"new-images-from-dawn-spacecraft-as-it-approaches-the-dwarf-planet-ceres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10035","title":{"rendered":"New images from Dawn spacecraft as it approaches the dwarf planet Ceres"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest news about NASA’s Dawn<\/a> spacecraft and its approach to Ceres<\/a>:<\/p>\n

NASA Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ceres rotates in this sped-up movie comprised of images taken by NASA’s Dawn mission during its approach to the dwarf planet. The images were taken on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers). Dawn observed Ceres for a full rotation of the dwarf planet, which lasts about nine hours. The images have a resolution of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) per pixel.\u00a0Image Credit:\u00a0NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/UCLA\/MPS\/DLR\/IDA<\/em><\/div>\n

NASA\u2019s Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn will be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet when it enters orbit around Ceres on Friday, March 6.<\/p>\n

“Dawn is about to make history,” said Robert Mase, project manager for the Dawn mission at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. “Our team is ready and eager to find out what Ceres has in store for us.”<\/p>\n

[ Update<\/strong>: Here is a NASA JPL video about the Dawn Ceres mission:<\/p>\n