NEAR Shoemaker
(NEAR, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Schoemaker, Discovery 1, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous)
(space mission to an asteroid)
NEAR Shoemaker (for
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Schoemaker,
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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