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Dawn Fires Its Engine Above Ceres (Artist Concept)

Dawn Fires Its Engine Above Ceres (Artist Concept)
Photojournal: PIA19598
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Published: July 17, 2015

This artist concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft above dwarf planet Ceres, as seen in images from the mission.

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