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03.01.2013: Vesta: Giant impacts delivered carbon

Large collisions between asteroids transferred carbonaceous material in the inner solar system. More

30.08.2012: A Farewell to Vesta

NASA's space probe Dawn is scheduled to leave asteroid Vesta on Wednesday, September 5th, and head for its next destination, the dwarf planet Ceres. More

10.05.2012: Vesta seen in colors

New results prove that Dawn’s target asteroid Vesta is a relict from an early phase of planetary evolution. More

16.09.2011: Vesta in false-colors

First false-color maps of the asteroid show unique surface variations. More

11.08.2011: NASA’s Asteroid Photographer Beams Back Science Data

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is now in its first science-collecting orbit at Vesta. More

01.08.2011: Erste hochaufgelöste Bilder des Asteroiden Vesta

Neue Bilder des Kamerasystems an Bord der NASA-Raumsonde Dawn geben erste Hinweise auf eine bewegte Vergangenheit. More

18.07.2011: NASA's Dawn spacecraft returns close-up image of Vesta

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. On Friday, July 15, Dawn became the first probe to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. More

14.07.2011: NASA spacecraft to enter large asteroid's orbit

On July 15, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will become the first spacecraft to begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta. More

23.06.2011: The faces of Vesta

New images of the asteroid show the first surface structures and give a preview of the Dawn mission's coming months. More

13.06.2011: Vesta: Coming into Focus

New images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show a dark spot on the asteroid's equatorial region. More

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Cameras

The mission's success crucially depends on the two cameras, Dawn's eyes. The cameras were developed and built under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research with significant contributions by the Institute for Planetary Research of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering of the Technical University Braunschweig. more...