Dawn Mission Status: Spacecraft Tests Ion Engine

NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully completed the first test of its ion propulsion system over the weekend. The system is vital to the success of Dawn's 8-year, 1.6 billion-mile (3-billion-kilometer) journey to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news111247254.html">Dawn Mission Status: Spacecraft Tests Ion Engine</a></p> <p>NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully completed the first test of its ion propulsion system over the weekend. The system is vital to the success of Dawn's 8-year, 1.6 billion-mile (3-billion-kilometer) journey to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.</p>