NEAR Shoemaker
(NEAR, NEAR, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Discovery 1)
(space mission to an asteroid)
NEAR Shoemaker (aka Discovery 1,
originally NEAR for
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous)
was a NASA mission to the asteroid
Eros launched in 1996, which began orbiting Eros in 2000,
continuing operation until shortly after landing on the asteroid in 2001.
Instruments:
(spacecraft,asteroids,NASA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Program
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/near-shoemaker/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/near.html
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