Saturday, February 12, 2011

February 12, 2001: NEAR Shoemaker Lands on 433 Eros

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the NEAR Shoemaker's landing on 433 Eros, making it the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

For more information, check out these resources:

NEAR Shoemaker
Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Discovery: Missions : NEAR
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Missions: NEAR-Shoemaker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEAR Shoemaker
Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey

Exploring Comets, Asteroids, and Other Bodies in the Solar System
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission


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