NEAR Shoemaker successfully entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, becoming the first human-made object to circle a near-Earth space rock. This mission provided the first high-resolution mapping of an asteroid’s surface, revealing a complex, cratered landscape that fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the solar system’s rocky building blocks.
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"It has appeared that from the inevitable laws of our nature, some human beings must suffer from want. These are the unhappy persons who, in the great lottery of life, have drawn a blank."
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