Interoperable Solution for Test Execution in Various I&T Environments

Abstract

Dawn, the first spacecraft ever planned to orbit two different bodies after leaving Earth, will orbit Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. The two asteroids, located between Saturn and Jupiter, have very different properties from each other. By observing both with the same set of instruments, Dawn will specify the properties of each asteroid and provide important clues about the early Solar System.The Dawn project, as a part of NASA's Discovery Program of competitively selected missions, is managed and will be operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA. The ionpropelled spacecraft is in development at Orbital Sciences Corporation (Dulles, Virgina), and the science instruments were developed and built by Max-