First Light of Dawn- Mission 1

From it's launch on September 27th, 2007, the DAWN satellite has amazed astronomers with it's flawless mission. Using it's ion propulsion drive and with an assist from the gravity of Mars in February 2009, DAWN arrived at the protoplanet Vesta in July 2011. For a year DAWN hovered over Vesta, studying and sending incredible pictures and data to Earth scientists. Then DAWN was off again, for a rendezvous with the protoplanet Ceres in 2015. This is a celebration of the first part of DAWN's mission, and a celebration of the men and women who made it happen.

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Inspired by the DAWN Mission by NASA, this album takes the listener on a musical journey  that harmonizes with the satellite's first leg, the mission to Vesta. The craft went to Ceres after visiting Vesta, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial  destinations.

More on this exciting mission which ended on

November 1st, 2018, can be learned here:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/

 

Never released as an album due to timing issues with the release date, "First Light of Dawn- Mission 1" is now available for download and streaming! The music of "First Light" takes the listener right through the first stage of this historic journey. Starting with the launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the ion propulsion drives gentle push and the landmark orbit of Vesta, the first orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt of the Solar System, the music guides us through the eventual release from orbit and onward towards dwarf planet Ceres.

 

"What an adventure this mission was for NASA! I was very inspired when researching it and the music just flowed," says Paul of this album. "I even got original recordings of the actual countdown by George H. Diller and the 'play-by-play' by telemetry engineer Marc Lavigne. These are the authentic voices that launched DAWN. A huge thank-you to them and NASA for the use of their voices."

 

This music has many atmospheres and auras, necessary to encompass the huge diversity of the steps that turned this mission from a dream...

to success!

Listen from beginning to end and "First Light of Dawn- Mission 1" will rouse you look to the heavens and appreciate the genius of the women and men of the various space programs around the world, learning and exploring, kindling that inner adventurer in all of us.