NEAR asteroid rendezvous postponed until May 2000
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will go into orbit around the asteroid 433 Eros by May 2000, instead of next month as originally planned, because it missed a critical engine burn on Sunday, mission managers said yesterday. Meanwhile, the probe flew to within about 2,500 miles...
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