NASA Cassini Significant Events 08/04/10 – 08/10/10

NASA Cassini Significant Events 08/04/10 – 08/10/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Aug. 10 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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Countdown To Vesta
Let the countdown begin. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is less than one year away from giant asteroid Vesta. "There’s nothing more exciting than revealing an unexplored, alien world," says Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Vesta," he predicts, "is going to amaze us."Dawn is slated to enter orbit around Vesta in late July 2011. As the …
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The Man Who Could Have Founded Tesla
Tom Gage’s Tzero inspired the Tesla Roadster. He also created BMW’s Mini E and now is looking to China.
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