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WOW! As NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Ceres, Are We Looking At FIRST CONTACT?
Friday, March 6, 2015 10:41
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WOW! As NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Ceres, Are We Looking At FIRST CONTACT?
A spacecraft operated by NASA has become the first of its kind to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet, the agency confirms.
NASA said on Friday that mission control in California learned at around 5:36 a.m. PST that the Dawn spacecraft had settled into orbit as expected around Ceres, a mini-planet between Mars and Jupiter.
“Downlink has begun! We’re analyzing the signal to confirm that the spacecraft is healthy and in orbit at #Ceres,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced on Twitter.
Ceres was in the news recently due to bright lights being seen on the surface. This has led to much speculation on the net as to just what the source of these lights are. Could it simply be exposed ice? or could it be signs of alien activity?
Only time will tell, and even then, can we trust those giving us the data?
