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Image Galleries > Spacecraft
Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft's journey
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft orbiting Vesta
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft orbiting Vesta
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft leaving Earth
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft orbiting Ceres
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Artist rendition of Dawn spacecraft gathering spectral data from Vesta
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Artist rendition of Earth's reflection in Dawn spacecraft
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Dawn Spacecraft
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
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Dawn Spacecraft with Hartmann background
Credit: Background- William K. Hartmann, Courtesy of UCLA; image-NASA/MCREL
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Spacecraft Assembly
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Maneuvering the Spacecraft
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Spacecraft Inspection
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Core Structure with Ion Propulsion System Installed
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Inside View of Dawn Spacecraft
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Xenon tank - composite overwrapped pressure vessel with titanium liner
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Spacecraft after installation of high gain antenna
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Exposed interior of spacecraft showing ion propulsion system's xenon feed system
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Spacecraft after installation of high gain antenna
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Dawn spacecraft being moved into thermal vacuum chamber for bake-out
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Dawn spacecraft being moved into thermal vacuum chamber for bake-out
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Dawn spacecraft in thermal vacuum chamber
Credit: NASA/JPL
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Technicians at Astrotech preparing spacecraft for spin-balance testing
Credit: NASA/KSC
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The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle lowered toward the Delta first stage
Credit: NASA
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Workers secure the attachments of the Dawn spacecraft onto the upper stage booster
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Spacecaft's solar array wings are folded to fit inside nose section of protective fairing
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Workers guide upper transportation canister toward the spacecraft
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On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted alongside the mobile service tower
Credit: NASA
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Workers remove the transportation canister from around the Dawn spacecraft
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Technician helps guide the second half of the fairing for installation around the Dawn spacecraft
Credit: NASA
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Technicians secure both halves of the fairing around the Dawn spacecraft to the upper stage booster of the Delta II rocket
Credit: NASA
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The Delta II rocket stands ready for launch following rollback of the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Credit: NASA
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Against a backdrop of clouds on the horizon, the Delta II rocket, carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft, rises from the smoke and fire on the launch pad
Credit: NASA
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Rising above a cloud-filled horizon, the Delta II rocket carrying the Dawn spacecraft roars into the sky
Credit: NASA
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Blinking of two 14-minute exposures of the Dawn spacecraft 600,000 miles from Earth
Credit: Bill Dillon
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