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NEAR Shoemaker Makes Historic Landing on Asteroid Eros
The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft reached asteroid Eros on Valentine’s Day 2000 and, after a year in orbit, became the first craft to land on an asteroid. It returned clear images of tiny surface features and ten times more data than anticipated, helping scientists study asteroid makeup and origins.
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