Dawn Mission: What is Vesta and how did NASA go there?

"NASA's DAWN Mission" Some interesting detail

In the extremely exciting realm of Space Exploration Comes one of the most fascinating NASA missions to date! In two previous RP Posts, I introduced the two Asteroid objects, which were incorporated into Spacecraft, DAWN's Mission...Vesta, the first to be explored, and Ceres the somewhat ICY Dwarf Planet... They are the same and they are different...and they are the remnants of our Solar System creation... If you watched the previous videos I posted, you would have seen the initial flyovers, which provided an exhilarating view of these objects as if you were in the "Pilot's" seat looking down... In this video, a short mini-documentary, you will see part of what was involved as the mission took shape, became reality, and provided some amazing results... Strap into your seats as we take you on a mission which is driven by a once science fiction engine and now a reality, albeit, on a small scale...ION ENGINE!
Sit back and relax and enjoy the ride...
Kerry