Published on May 10, 2017
Glide over the giant asteroid Vesta with NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in a new 3-D video. Best viewed with red-blue glasses, the video incorporates images from Dawn’s framing camera from July to August 2011. A 2D version of this video is available at
Dawn has been orbiting Vesta since July 15, obtaining high-resolution images of its bumpy, cratered surface and making other scientific measurements.