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May. 20, 2011
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Closes In On Its Target
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| The Dawn spacecraft will soon enter orbit around Vesta, an asteroid the size of Arizona, to study it. Principal Investigator Christopher Russell discusses how the craft will investigate the asteroid's elements and surface minerals, and what that might reveal about the birth of the solar system. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Christopher Russell
Principal Investigator, Dawn Mission
Professor, Geophysics and Space Physics
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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