Spacecraft snaps closeup of asteroid
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- NASA has released the first full-frame image of the asteroid Vesta taken by the spacecraft Dawn as it moves into the first of four intensive science orbits.
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