Dawn Mission Update and At Home With Marc Rayman

After a very productive and exciting year orbiting Vesta, Dawn has fired up its ion engine and headed for the solar system's biggest asteroid, Ceres. Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman tells us all is well, and there's much more science ahead. Don't miss the video tour of ulta space enthusiast Marc's home! Emily celebrates the public release of Dawn's data about Vesta, while Bill Nye reports on a meeting with top NASA administrators. While Bill's away, Mat and Bruce will play in his office. Check out the toys and the night sky in this week's What's Up.

Related Links

• VIDEO: At Home in Space: Marc Rayman takes us on a tour of his home
• Marc Rayman's Dawn Journal
• Dawn mission
• Dawn's data is released to the public
  

Trivia Contest

This week's prize is a beautiful and informative 2013 Year In Space wall calendar.

This week's question:
What is the third most common element in the photosphere of the Sun by weight?

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Send an email no later than Monday, November 26, at 2 pm Pacific time to [email protected] containing:

Last week's question:

Last week's question:
What was the first and only radio station to broadcast the first episode of Planetary Radio?

Answer:
The answer will be revealed next week.

Question from the week before:
What was the last space mission that launched exactly two people?

Answer:
The Chinese Shenzhou 6 mission in 2005