ScienceDaily (July 18, 2011) -nasa's Dawn spacecraft on July 16, 2011 became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

2011年7月16号，NASA的曙光探测器进入位于火星和木星之间的小行星带，成为进入这一地带的第一个探测器。

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If all goes to plan, then on July 16th Dawn, the largest robotic probe ever launched by America's space agency, will drop into orbit around Vesta, the second-largest member of the asteroid belt.

如果一切按计划行事，那么，7月16日，美国航天机构有史以来发射最大的机器人探测器——“黎明”号——将顺便进入小行星带第二大成员——灶神星——的轨道。

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The Dawn probe was launched in 2007 and has already sent back dramatic pictures from the giant asteroid Vesta.

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