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NEAR Shoemaker took this picture at 8:45 p.m. EST on January 25, 2001, during one of the spacecraft's low-altitude passes over the surface of Eros. The distance to the center of the picture ... The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft continues its regional mapping of Eros' southern hemisphere from a 100-kilometer (62-mile) altitude.
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NEAR - First spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, to answer fundamental questions about the nature and origin of near-Earth objects, such as the numerous ...
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NEAR Shoemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M. Shoemaker, is a robotic space probe designed to study the near-Ear...
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Browse through these stunning images of the NEAR spacecraft"s descent to Asteroid Eros. ... "I'm happy to report the NEAR spacecraft has touched down on the surface of Eros. We're still getting some signals, so evidently it's still transmitting from the surface itself. This is the first time that any spacecraft has landed on...
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A large collection of news stories and images, from Space.com. ... Pictures of NEAR's Date with Eros; On its way down to a successful asteroid landing, NASA's NEAR spacecraft took dozens of close-up images of Asteroid Eros 433.
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The NEAR spacecraft was later renamed NEAR Shoemaker to honor Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, the renowned geologist who influenced decades of research on the role of asteroids and comets in shaping the planets.
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Dec. 16, 1998: When the Near Earth Asteroid (NEAR) spacecraft eases into orbit around the asteroid 433 Eros next year, dust may be one of its first discoveries. Earlier this year, the Mars Observer spacecraft found that the Red Planet's larger moon, Phobos, is coated with dust up to a meter (3.3 ft) deep.
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Explanation: Yesterday NEAR-Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid and send signals back from its surface. Since the robot spacecraft was not designed for such a contingency, the success of the landing ... NEAR Spacecraft Survives Landing on Asteroid Eros ; Credit: NEAR Project, JHU APL, NASA...
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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft, currently orbiting asteroid 433 Eros more than 145 million miles from Earth, will now be known as NEAR Shoemaker. ... 1998), NEAR began orbiting Eros on Feb. 14, 2000. The car- sized spacecraft will observe the asteroid from various distances -- coming within several miles...
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