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Dawn approaches Vesta, Approach phase, 3 May to 16 July 2011
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Latest DAWN journal is out.

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First pictures of Vesta should be taken today.
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Phil Stooke
post May 5 2011, 10:20 PM
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While that might look like a good idea, I should point out the mission has half a dozen people on its outreach team. Chris might have other things on his mind!

EDIT - 8 people, one of whom is at JPL

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- Holder of the Two Leashes   Dawn approaches Vesta   May 3 2011, 03:44 PM
- - elakdawalla   If you looked at the Dawn Journal earlier this mor...   May 3 2011, 07:34 PM
- - elakdawalla   I went through Marc's journals and summarized ...   May 3 2011, 07:38 PM
- - bagelverse   Be nice to get an approach sequence as was done fo...   May 3 2011, 10:39 PM
- - Phil Stooke   OK, Dawn team, this is the bit where you release a...   May 5 2011, 04:14 PM
- - elakdawalla   Would be nice. All they've released lately is...   May 5 2011, 05:07 PM
|- - Stefan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 5 2011, 07:07 PM...   May 5 2011, 07:34 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Wow, that's scary! Little bits of Gaspra,...   May 5 2011, 05:12 PM
- - Stu   Ahhh... I think they're confusing DAWN with an...   May 5 2011, 06:16 PM
- - Phil Stooke   While that might look like a good idea, I should p...   May 5 2011, 10:20 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I note we just passed the 1M km mark. http://neo...   May 9 2011, 04:02 AM
- - mchan   OMG! Shades of MCO! It shows Dawn at 1M ...   May 9 2011, 05:24 AM
- - djellison   Given that the metric value is expressed to one si...   May 9 2011, 05:37 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   The correct figure is 5.168 million furlongs.   May 9 2011, 01:22 PM
- - stevesliva   I prefer one gigameter, pronounced "jigameter...   May 9 2011, 04:22 PM
|- - ugordan   NASA's Dawn Captures First Image of Nearing As...   May 11 2011, 03:29 PM
- - tek_604   Press release from the Framing Camera Team @ MPS: ...   May 12 2011, 12:39 PM
- - tek_604   New website for Dawn Framing Camera @ MPS: Dawn F...   May 18 2011, 07:05 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tek_604 @ May 18 2011, 02:05 AM) N...   May 18 2011, 12:55 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Hopefully we'll get another picture soon. Mea...   May 18 2011, 04:15 PM
|- - MahFL   Well it at least appears to still be there, which ...   May 18 2011, 04:30 PM
- - Decepticon   My understanding is Dawn will reach HST resolution...   May 18 2011, 05:48 PM
- - kenny   Vesta has fond assocations for some of us. It was...   May 19 2011, 12:40 PM
- - Stu   haha! I remember those! I wouldn't be ...   May 19 2011, 01:15 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ May 19 2011, 06:15 AM) ... t...   May 19 2011, 03:08 PM
|- - MahFL   I liked those Vesta Chow Mein meals !   May 19 2011, 05:17 PM
- - AndyG   And I liked the crunchy noodles. Makes me wonder ...   May 19 2011, 07:12 PM
- - Phil Stooke   OK, Dawn team! This is the bit where you rele...   May 22 2011, 09:01 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 22 2011, 01:01 P...   May 23 2011, 01:31 AM
- - Hungry4info   You aren't excited about this, are you? I w...   May 22 2011, 10:55 PM
|- - SFJCody   Pictures taken now should have almost twice the re...   May 23 2011, 12:28 AM
- - Explorer1   And posting on a Sunday would be a big event for a...   May 23 2011, 04:04 AM
- - JohnVV   Basically the same as Phil's there is not muc...   May 23 2011, 07:46 AM
|- - SFJCody   Can't wait! If you consider the imagery of...   May 23 2011, 10:06 AM
- - antipode   While we are all waiting for the next DAWN images,...   May 26 2011, 09:11 AM
- - charborob   Go to this page, and scroll down to "Vesta...   May 26 2011, 12:19 PM
- - antipode   Thankyou sir - that's EXACTLY what I was looki...   May 28 2011, 03:57 AM
- - Paolo   a new Dawn Journal is out http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov...   May 28 2011, 05:48 PM
- - Toma B   These are few last sentences of text about DAWN th...   May 28 2011, 07:48 PM
- - CAP-Team   According to Celestia, Vesta is now 3' 32,5...   May 29 2011, 07:29 PM
- - elakdawalla   Would sure be nice if we could confirm that with a...   May 30 2011, 01:53 AM
- - Astro0   I'm surprised that we haven't seen any mor...   May 30 2011, 10:04 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I did! Sometimes it's more a matter of pe...   May 30 2011, 11:27 AM
- - tek_604   For those of you on facebook, the Dawn Framing Cam...   May 31 2011, 06:29 AM
|- - SFJCody   If they get enough 'likes' will they relea...   May 31 2011, 10:57 AM
|- - Bart   Well I just 'liked' it, anyway.   Jun 1 2011, 04:16 AM
- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (tek_604 @ May 30 2011, 11:29 PM) F...   Jun 1 2011, 01:34 PM
|- - tek_604   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 1 2011, 03:34 PM...   Jun 1 2011, 02:49 PM
- - Stu   I think it's a great shame we're not seein...   Jun 1 2011, 01:56 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 1 2011, 02:56 PM) this l...   Jun 1 2011, 09:02 PM
- - volcanopele   Seriously what are you guys expecting at this poin...   Jun 1 2011, 09:11 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 1 2011, 10:11 PM...   Jun 1 2011, 09:33 PM
- - Stu   I don't think it's so much now about hopin...   Jun 1 2011, 09:50 PM
- - centsworth_II   My guess is that the Dawn team planned image relea...   Jun 1 2011, 09:55 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 1 2011, 10:55 ...   Jun 1 2011, 10:13 PM
- - volcanopele   Don't get me wrong, I would love to see more i...   Jun 1 2011, 10:06 PM
- - Stu   I don't think this is "uproar"... th...   Jun 1 2011, 10:13 PM
- - JohnVV   i am in agreement with the few above this At this...   Jun 1 2011, 10:16 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Jun 1 2011, 11:16 PM) At ...   Jun 1 2011, 10:32 PM
||- - ElkGroveDan   I agree. I find this attitude of, "there...   Jun 1 2011, 10:34 PM
||- - ngunn   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jun 1 2011, 11:34 PM...   Jun 1 2011, 10:52 PM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Jun 1 2011, 04:16 PM) ......   Jun 2 2011, 04:18 AM
- - elakdawalla   volcanopele, would your point of view change if I ...   Jun 1 2011, 10:30 PM
- - volcanopele   If that marks the beginning of daily image release...   Jun 1 2011, 10:35 PM
- - elakdawalla   I don't think that daily image releases are an...   Jun 1 2011, 11:05 PM
- - ngunn   The measure of public involvement needs to be part...   Jun 1 2011, 11:19 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I get the feeling that it's going to be more l...   Jun 1 2011, 11:20 PM
- - djellison   Right now it's like OSIRIS on Rosetta. Uwe Ke...   Jun 2 2011, 12:19 AM
- - Bart   They will have to upload it all to PDS eventually,...   Jun 2 2011, 01:55 AM
- - elakdawalla   Yes, that's true. No matter how stingy the PI...   Jun 2 2011, 02:08 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 1 2011, 06:08 PM...   Jun 2 2011, 05:08 AM
- - eoincampbell   I hereby add my voice to this -request for images-   Jun 2 2011, 02:29 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I remember when Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter, almo...   Jun 2 2011, 04:26 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 1 2011, 09:26...   Jun 2 2011, 04:44 AM
- - tanjent   Just to play the Devil's advocate: If you wan...   Jun 2 2011, 08:10 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tanjent @ Jun 2 2011, 04:10 AM) .....   Jun 2 2011, 12:52 PM
- - Astro0   Jobs' would stick an Apple logo on it, tell yo...   Jun 2 2011, 09:29 AM
- - tanjent   Well, if is some kind of scripted marketing ploy, ...   Jun 2 2011, 10:30 AM
|- - SFJCody   http://www.dawn.mps.mpg.de/typo3temp/pics/597c5396...   Jun 2 2011, 11:37 AM
- - djellison   Marketing and Outreach are not the same. There is...   Jun 2 2011, 01:45 PM
- - Sunspot   In the past NASA have had "Solar System Ambas...   Jun 2 2011, 05:09 PM
- - Norm Hartnett   The silence seems to be drawing some attention. h...   Jun 3 2011, 04:02 PM
- - belleraphon1   Am sending the same message to Emily's blog em...   Jun 3 2011, 09:31 PM
- - jsheff   I totally share the desire to see as many images a...   Jun 3 2011, 11:53 PM
- - jsheff   Actually, the Flight Operations Team has been very...   Jun 4 2011, 01:03 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (jsheff @ Jun 3 2011, 05:03 PM) Act...   Jun 4 2011, 06:29 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I thought image release policies like Dawn's h...   Jun 4 2011, 01:35 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (tanjent @ Jun 2 2011, 01:10 AM) Fo...   Jun 4 2011, 04:41 AM
- - Decepticon   Im not to worried about pics yet. When dawns res...   Jun 4 2011, 02:14 PM
- - djellison   Then get worried - that's right about now.   Jun 4 2011, 02:51 PM
|- - Decepticon   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 4 2011, 10:51 AM) ...   Jun 4 2011, 06:41 PM
- - Juramike   I wrote to a member of the Dawn E/PO Team and rece...   Jun 4 2011, 03:03 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 4 2011, 07:03 AM) C...   Jun 4 2011, 03:10 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   It's really just a case of them wanting to hav...   Jun 4 2011, 03:53 PM
- - tanjent   Marc Rayman provides great commentary, and I appre...   Jun 4 2011, 03:56 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tanjent @ Jun 4 2011, 07:56 AM) Wh...   Jun 4 2011, 04:02 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (tanjent @ Jun 4 2011, 08:56 AM) Th...   Jun 4 2011, 04:06 PM
- - Bunker9603   I sent several emails to members of the DAWN team....   Jun 4 2011, 04:35 PM
- - nprev   Hmm. So minimal manpower is the possible reason fo...   Jun 4 2011, 05:41 PM
- - djellison   The second week in June starts in <48hrs Vesta...   Jun 4 2011, 06:57 PM
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