Scanning the Surface Composition of Vesta Asteroid June 8, 2012 | NASA "A new video from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the dappled, variegated surface of the giant... Is Vesta a Planet? May 14, 2012 | NASA "Dawn's residence at Vesta of nearly a year has made the asteroid's planet-like qualities obvious... Shape and Gravity of Vesta Asteroid April 26, 2012 | NASA "This video from NASA's Dawn mission shows that the gravity field of Vesta closely matches... Dawn Spacecraft Departs Vesta for Ceres September 9, 2012 | NASA "Mission controllers received confirmation today that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has escaped from the gentle gravitational... Survey of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids May 18, 2012 | NASA "Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are a subset of the larger group of near-Earth asteroids.... The Asteroid Sensor April 16, 2013 | NASA "An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets... Atmospheric Oxygen Detected at Saturn’s Moon, Dione March 5, 2012 | NASA "NASA's Cassini spacecraft has "sniffed" molecular oxygen ions around Saturn's icy moon Dione for the... Mining Asteroids? April 25, 2012 | Planetary Resources "Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids for raw materials [...].... |