NASA gives second chance to Dawn asteroid mission

NASA announced March 27 that it is reinstating the Dawn asteroid rendezvous mission, which the agency canceled earlier this month due to technical problems and cost overruns. Propelled by xenon ion engines, Dawn is to investigate Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids orbiting between Mars...

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