Dawn Spacecraft Snaps Close-up Image of Asteroid Vesta

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NASA Science News for July 18, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which over the weekend became the first spacecraft to orbit a main-belt asteroid, has just returned a close-up image of Vesta.

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