Dawn arrives at Vesta

After an almost four-year journey, the Dawn spacecraft has arrived at the asteroid Vesta, and will enter orbit tomorrow, July 15. The newest images, the first close-up ones ever taken of Vesta, have shown more and more detail as Dawn has made its approach. There wil be more news tomorrow of course, and the images from orbit should be amazing…

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA