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Investigating the asteroids 小行星探测 Dawn s early light 黎明 号初试锋芒 A mission to the asteroid belt will visit leftoversfrom the solar system s formation 小行星带探测任务将造访太阳系形成时期的衍生物 Dimly seen through the mists of the deep 透过深层迷雾隐约可见 LAST week all eyes were on the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, as NASA s space shuttleblasted off on its final mission. 上周，佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心成为全球目光的焦点，美国宇航局航天飞机呼啸升空，展开航天任务的收官之旅。 Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of kilometres away, another NASA spacecraft wasapproaching its destination. 与此同时，在数百万公里以外，另一艘美国宇航局的航天器正向目标进发。 If all goes to plan, then on July 16th Dawn,the largest robotic probe ever launched by America s space agency, 如果一切按计划进行，美国宇航局有史以来发射的最大的机器人探测器将与7月16日进入灶神星轨道飞行。 will drop into orbit around Vesta, the second-largest member of the asteroid belt. 灶神星是小行星带中体积居第二位的成员。 | 
