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NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Photo: JPL

The DAWN spaceship finished its mission, after losing contact with it

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These dark, narrow channels called (SRL) recurring slope lineae emanate from the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. The dark channels here reach a length of hundreds of meters. It is hypothesized that they were formed by the flow of brackish water on Mars, as photographed by the MRO spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

2015 in space part I: scientific discoveries, historical achievements

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Artist's illustration of the dwarf planet Ceres. From the NASA website

Nancy, but fascinating

The mysterious white formations on a hook. Photo: NASA

The Dawn spacecraft will enter orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres today

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NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Photo: JPL

The Dawn spaceship begins to approach asteroid Keres

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Discovering water on a hook. Eurof European Space Agency

The Herschel Space Telescope discovered water vapor in an asteroid

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The north pole region of the asteroid Vesta as photographed by the Dawn spacecraft before its departure, September 2012

The Dawn spacecraft leaves asteroid Vesta

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Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

The asteroid Vesta - summary of findings

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Map of Vesta's South Pole - This image gallery of the south pole of the asteroid Vesta was created from dozens of individual images taken by the framing camera on board the DAWN spacecraft. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

NASA has released spectacular images from DAWN's pass over the asteroid Vesta

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Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

Today and night in asteroid Vesta

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The asteroid Vesta as photographed by the DAWN spacecraft on July 9, 2011, from a distance of about 41 thousand kilometers. Each pixel in the image represents about 3.8 kilometers.

NASA's DAWN spacecraft will begin orbiting the asteroid Vesta today

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Imaging of the Rosetta spacecraft near asteroid Steins, 2008. Image: European Space Agency

Survey of minerals in asteroids

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DAWN spaceship launch

NASA's Dawn spacecraft begins its journey to the asteroid belt * The launch was successful

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The DAWN spacecraft is about to launch in preparation for its departure on September 26 for an asteroid research mission

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The launch of the Dawn probe into the asteroid belt has been postponed until September

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The largest asteroid may contain more water than Earth

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The Dawn spacecraft will show how two asteroids can be so different

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