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Dawn switches off ion engine for the time being

Submit on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 05:58

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system on 20 November as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February 2009.

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