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Background
Dawn
Classroom
Dawn Dictionary
Dawn Journal
Dawn's
Early Light
Education
Fact Sheet (PDF 525 Kb)
FAQs
Find A Meteorite
Ion
Propulsion
New Roads School
McREL
Mission Status
Objectives
Overview
Spacecraft
Timeline
Trajectory
Where is Dawn?
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Major Partners
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University of California, Los Angeles - Science
lead,
science
operations,
data
products,
archiving,
and
analysis |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Project
management,
systems
engineering,
mission
assurance,
payload,
SEP,
navigation,
mission
operations,
level
zero
data |
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Orbital Sciences Corporation - Spacecraft
design
and
fabrication,
quality
assurance,
SEP
and
payload
integration;
S/C
testing
and
integration |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory - GRaND
instrument
design,
build,
test,
integrate,
sequence
and
analyze
data |
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German Aerospace Center - Framing
camera,
fabrication,
integration,
test,
sequencing
and
analysis.
Integrate
mapping
spectrometer
provided
by
CNR/IAS |
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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Studies- Led development of the framing cameras. The institute is dedicated to the investigation of the solar system, in particular the environments of the Earth, planets, and comets, as well as the sun, its heliosphere and their interaction with the interstellar medium. |
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Italian Aerospace Center - Mapping
spectrometer
design,
build,
test,
integrate,
sequence
and
analyze
data. ASI- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana/INAF- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica: Mapping spectrometer design, build, test, integrate, sequence and analyze data. |
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Kennedy Space Center - responsible for launch operations |
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Deep Space Network - responsible for data return from spacecraft |
Science Team Partners
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Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center is a public facility designed to make available to all researchers, educators and the general public the vast amount of image data obtained by the U.S. Space Program from 1962 to the present. |
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The Planetary Science Institute is a nonprofit science research institute focusing on the exploration of the solar system. |
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The research interests range from diamondiferous eclogitesto Martian meteorites, and more. |
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The Department of Astronomy has the mission of achieving excellence in research, teaching, outreach and service in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics. |
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At MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), history and interactions of our planet and the natural systems surrounding it are examined in order to predict future events and states with greater accuracy. |
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Located outside of Washington DC, home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, Sun, Solar System, and Universe. |
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This center is dedicated to the study of composition and structure of the surfaces of Solar System objects and the optical properties of geologically interesting materials. |
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The Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing Department of the Institute of Geosciences of the University is dedicated to the study of the geologic evolution of the planets and minor bodies— in particular, to the cratering histories and chronological aspects. |
Education and Public Outreach Partners
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The New Roads School was established as a model for education in an ethnically, racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse community, instilling in students a respect for the humanity and ecology of the world in which they live. |
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Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to making a difference in the quality of education and learning for all through excellence in applied research, product development, and service. |
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University of Maryland, Education Public Outreach Director and Amateur Astronomy Lead |
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Education and Public Outreach Project Evaluation |
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