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REAL LIFE NEWS: SWANNING AROUND VESTA

by Hazed

A few months ago I told you about the asteroid Vesta, the target for a NASA mission. Well, now the spaceship Dawn has arrived and is in orbit around Vesta. What's more, it's started sending back images.

Dawn will study Vesta for a year, and then head for Ceres - formerly known as the largest asteroid in the belt, now designated a dwarf planet.

Read more about Dawn's arrival here.

Here's the first picture Dawn sent back.

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