On this date: The first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
(WHTM) — On February 14, 2000, NASA’s deep exploration satellite NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) entered orbit around the asteroid 443 Eros, becoming the first human-made object to orbit an asteroid. The mission almost ended due to a malfunction, but before it was done the spacecraft would accomplish a task for which it had not […]
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