Mars "curiosity" gaze at "Dawn" spacecraft to Ceres

this year 4 Month - Mars "Curiosity" turned on the mast camera aimed at Ceres ( Ceres ) direction. The journey to Ceres on the Martian cold night sky, Dawn the Deep Space spacecraft "Dawn".

Thus, Curiosity has not died yet.

-"Dawn" (Dawn)Deep Space Spacecraft (spacecraft) Take off. Where is it going to fly? "Dawn" wants to examine two asteroids:Vest(female focal star) andCeres(Ceres). The focal star and Ceres are very large asteroids, very far away from the sun. are in two astronomical units (AUthan Mars is far from the sun.

Therefore, the "dawn" needs to climb in the solar system constantly to overcome the gravitational pull of the sun. The trip is more than billion kilometers. It takes eight years. What a long journey!

.years7months. "Dawn" flew.Vestaasteroid, became its satellite. After. For more than a year, the "Dawn" sent back to earth a lot about the female focal starVeataImportant information.

-years8Month inDay. American space AgencyNASAand lit the "Dawn" ion engine (the tail emits a bluish green glow). Began slowly to leave the woman's star, and flew farther to CeresCeres ), estimating -early arrivals.

Ceres is the most massive asteroid in our solar system ( Asteroid ), with a diameter of more than 1000 kilometers.

But. So far we have not been very familiar with the details of it, just waiting for the "dawn" spacecraft to uncover the mystery.

American space Agency NASA now consider using the robot's own active spacecraft to land near-Earth orbit asteroids, powered by efficient solar power. Change the orbits of asteroids. Guide it to finally become the moon's artificial "satellite".

Then, a manned spaceship is launched from the ground to carry out a sample to return to Earth for research.

Description: Now, the human footprint is not confined to the earth.

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Mars "curiosity" gaze at "Dawn" spacecraft to Ceres