Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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See what goes into processing a Delta 2 rocket and the Dawn spacecraft for a mission to the asteroid belt. The Dawn mission studied the asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, celestial bodies believed to have accreted early in the history of the solar system. Image credit: NASA

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