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Dawn Launch Press Kit

A guide to the Dawn spacecraft launch.

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Published: December 12, 2018

Historical Date: September 1, 2007

A 2007 pre-launch guide to the Dawn mission launch to explore Vesta and Ceres.

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