NEAR Team Deactivates Spacecraft's Near-Infrared Sensor
Status report on the Near-Infraed Sensor and implications for the mission.
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous at Eros
MultiSpectral Imager (MSI) research and Eros mission data.
Aerojet NEAR Spacecraft Propulsion System
Technical details on the NEAR probe's engine.
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission
NEAR - First spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, to answer fundamental questions about the nature and origin of near-Earth objects, such as the numerous asteroids and comets in the vicinity of Earth's orbit. First launch in the Discovery Program, a NASA initiative for small planetary missions.
NEAR Information
Detailed mission information, images, and links related to the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
Encore Flight Mulled for Amazing Asteroid Lander
On the morning after the NASA robot ship made the first landing on an asteroid, mission scientists were trying to figure out how much more science they could squeeze from the small craft.
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