NASA's Dawn spacecraft added another trophy today to the conquest of space as it went into orbit around Ceres. According to the space agency, the unmanned probe arrived at about 4:39 am PST and is currently circling the dwarf planet at an altitude of about 38,000 miles (61,000 km) – making it not only the first spacecraft to reach a dwarf planet, but also the first to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies... Continue Reading Dawn orbits dwarf planet Ceres
Section: Space
Tags: Asteroid, Ceres, Dawn, Dwarf planet, ion engine, NASA, Orbit, Spacecraft, Unmanned
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