Ceres from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers) on Feb. 19, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDAThe Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to be captured by Ceres’ gravity today. Stay tuned!
More: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/NASA_Spacecraft_Nears_Historic_Dwarf_Planet_Arrival.asp
Update: It’s official! Dawn is in orbit around Ceres: http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-spacecraft-becomes-first-to-orbit-a-dwarf-planet/#.VPm8KOExt8Y
