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NASA craft snaps pic of distant asteroid target (AP)

FILE - This undated file image of an artist's concept provided by NASA shows the Dawn Mission spacecraft. The NASA spacecraft hurtling toward a massive asteroid snapped a picture of its target, the asteroid Vesta. Taken by the Dawn craft when it was 752,000 miles away from Vesta, the image shows a tiny bright speck surrounded by stars. Launched in 2007, Dawn will arrive at Vesta in July and circle the astroid. (AP Photo/NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation, File)AP - A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward a massive asteroid has snapped a picture of its target, the first of many before it slips into orbit.


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