nasas dawn space probe

NASA'S DAWN SPACE PROBE

NASA'S PROBE LAUNCHED

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt and Vesta, third

largest and brightest object in the asteroid belt that or bits the

sun, are going to be explored by the Nasa's dawn space probe, a U.S

spacecraft. Long eight years journey of the spacecraft will be

covering nearly five billion kilometers during its journey. According

to NASA, the dawn will reach vista in 2011 before reaching to Ceres in

2015. The dawn successfully blasted at 11 34 GMT (1234 BST) from the

Cape Canaveral Air force Station.

Ceres is spherical in shape and is thought to ha rbor a layer of water

ice some 60 to 120km (40 to 80 miles) thick beneath its hard surface.

Vesta is very different from Ceres. It is devoid of any water and

appears to have been resurfaced by ancient lava flows.

The mission is going to be a great exploration in field of the

formation of solar system. It aims to study the internal structure,

shape and size of the two asteroids, examine the surface features and

the craters and many more.

Dawn shall be assisting in exploration by sending photographs of the

surfaces such as mountain, craters that shall help to process to be a

success.

The mission to the asteroids can be seen in the diagram.

The Complete Misiion with their respective dates for the Space probe

is clearly detailed in the above figure.