Dawn Spacecraft Starts Taking Detailed Observations of Vesta
NASA’s Asteroid Photographer Beams Back Science Data, NASA
“The Dawn spacecraft has completed a graceful spiral into the first of four planned science orbits during the spacecraft’s yearlong visit to Vesta. The spacecraft started taking detailed observations on Aug. 11 at 9:13 a.m. PDT (12:13 a.m. EDT), which marks the official start of the first science-collecting orbit phase at Vesta, also known as the survey orbit.”