Dawn’s Blue Glow (Artist Concept)
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March 2, 2015
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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PIA Number | PIA18922 |
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This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn travels through space using a technology called ion propulsion, with ions glowing with blue light are accelerated out of an engine, giving the spacecraft thrust.