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On the Way to Ceres (Artist Concept)

On the Way to Ceres (Artist Concept)
Photojournal: PIA17650
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Published: December 3, 2013

This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft heading toward the dwarf planet Ceres. When Dawn arrives, it will be the first spacecraft to go into orbit around two destinations in our solar system beyond Earth.

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