Vesta Images and Movie Finally Released
Vesta’s Surface Comes into View, NASA
“This movie shows surface details beginning to resolve as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta. The framing camera aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained the images used for this animation on June 1, 2011, from a distance of about 300,000 miles (483,000 kilometers).”
— NASA Spacecraft Captures Video of Asteroid Approach, NASA JPL
