First asteroid photograph

The Galileo space probe photographed the asteroid 951 Gaspra, a 12 x 8 mile wide football shaped body with hundreds of meteorite craters in it. These were the first captured images of an asteroid in space.
 (NASA) United States 1991 First asteroid photograph

The Galileo space probe photographed the asteroid 951 Gaspra, a 12 x 8 mile wide football shaped body with hundreds of meteorite craters in it. These were the first captured images of an asteroid in space.