The American space agency's Dawn spacecraft began circling Vesta, a member of the asteroid belt that orbits the sun.

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And we do. Cracking jokes,grins, Long past the crack of dawn Like"How long will you be up?"

VOA: special.2009.04.17

NASA hopes that Dawn's year long orbit around Vesta will help scientists learn more about the development of the solar system, and how asteroids and other space objects were created.

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The anniversary celebration is called "Ten Days of Dawn."

VOA: special.2009.02.07

NATO officials say the pre-dawn strike destroyed the fuel trucks and killed a large number of militants.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Authorities in Queensland have put strict precautions into place to try to stop the spread of infection from the Pacific Dawn cruise ship.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The pre-dawn Taliban assault targeted the Bagram airbase, which is located 60 kilometers north of Kabul and is run primarily by the U.S military.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

it will release the 3D version of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" on Blu-ray.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled into the West Bank town of Nablus before dawn and surrounded the homes of three Palestinian gunmen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Astronauts opened the shutters of this new picture window in space before dawn Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

The Twilight Saga continues with the adaptation of the final book, Breaking Dawn, which is being divided into two more films, the first of which will be in theaters in 2011.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07