Category:NEAR

**NEAR Shoemaker**
	1996 robotic space probe that landed on asteroid 433 Eros in 2001
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Instance of	space probe;
Part of	Discovery Program (1); NEAR mission;
Named after	Eugene Merle Shoemaker;
Start point	Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17;
Space launch vehicle	Delta II;
UTC date of spacecraft launch	17 February 1996;
Significant event	rocket launch (Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17, 20:43:27, 1996); planetary flyby (253 Mathilde, 1,212 kilometre, 1997); orbital activity (433 Eros, 2000–); soft landing (433 Eros, 20:01, 2001–); loss of signal (2001);
Nominal power output	1,800 watt;
Mass	800 kilogram (launch weight); 487 kilogram (dry weight);
Followed by	Mars Pathfinder;
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