Dawn slightly damaged
Sun Jun 17, 2007 at 08:01 UTC
NASA is investigating a minor mishap affecting the Dawn spacecraft. On June 11, during a procedure to prepare the spacecraft for spin-balance testing, the back of a solar array panel was slightly damaged by a technician's tool.
The size of the affected area is about 2.5 inches by 2 inches. No solar cells were broken. The necessary minor repairs will be made this weekend. There is no impact to the launch date of July 7.
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