A long, long time ago in a state far, far away, a young geochemistry graduate student began his research career studying a clan of igneous meteorites thought to have come from the asteroid 4 Vesta. Little did he know that NASA would launch a spacecraft mission to that very asteroid in his “greybeard” years, or that he would be a member of the mission science team. Now, NASA scientist David Mittlefehldt will describe what the Dawn spacecraft's 14 months in orbit around Vesta have taught us about this asteroid