Dawn mission will launch from Cape Canaveral on May 27, 2006. After more than four years of travel, the spacecraft will rendezvous with Vesta on July 30, 2010. Dawn will then orbit Vesta for almost a year, studying its basic structure and composition. On July 3, 2011, Dawn will leave orbit around Vesta for a three-year cruise to Ceres. Dawn will rendezvous with Ceres and begin orbit on August 20, 2014, and conduct studies and observations until July 26, 2015. After the exploration of Ceres, and more than nine years of space travel, Dawn may continue with additional exploration of the asteroid belt...