Dawn

A somewhat forgotten (or badly marketed) mission to investigate asteroids Vesta and Ceres. Anyway, Dawn has captured its first image of Vesta:

NASA's Dawn Captures First Image of Nearing Asteroid

JPL Press Release

This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a background of stars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Enlarge Image

May 11, 2011 - PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn is expected to achieve orbit around Vesta on July 16, when the asteroid is about 188 million kilometers (117 million miles) from Earth.