Dawn is now entering a low - altitude mapping orbit around Ceres, and will soon quadruple the resolution of its best images of the surface. (scientificamerican.com)
(Her mathematician father, a consultant for NASA, actually had her run in circles in the backyard with her brother to help map orbits.) (discovermagazine.com)
The spacecraft's view is now three times as sharp as in its previous mapping orbit, revealing exciting new details of this intriguing dwarf planet,» said Marc Rayman, Dawn's chief engineer and mission director, based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. (sciencedaily.com)