#OTD in 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured these images of the asteroid Vesta on its mission to characterize the processes of our solar system's early evolution.
More about Dawn's mission: https://go.nasa.gov/47d7qXB
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Overview | Dawn – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dawn was the first mission to orbit a dwarf planet and the first two orbit two bodies in the main asteroid belt.NASA Solar System Exploration