REAL LIFE NEWS: DAWN COMES TO VESTAby HazedA few weeks ago I told you about the asteroid Vesta, and how NASA's Dawn spacecraft was heading towards it. Scientists hope the data and images it sends back could help answer some of the questions about this mysterious body. Well, the wait is almost over, because Dawn is getting close, and it's sent back its first snap of Vesta, taken from 752,000 miles out. The image shows the asteroid against "a spectacular background of stars". Take a look here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/12/vesta_snap/. |