Controllers prepare to put probe in orbit around an asteroid
Flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Sunday will order the first of at least three engine burns designed to put the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft in orbit around the asteroid 433 Eros after almost two years in transit. A 15-minute...
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