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'The First Spacecraft to orbit an Asteroid was NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) Shoemaker'. It entered orbit around Eros on February 14, 2000 on Valentine's Day date. It orbited Eros 230 times from various distances. Eros is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids, with a mass thousands of times greater than similar asteroids. On 12th February 2001, the NEAR spacecraft touched down on Asteroid Eros, after transmitting 69 close-up images of the surface during its final descent. NEAR Shoemaker also became 'The First Spacecraft to land on an Asteroid' and 'The First Solar Powered Spacecraft to travel beyond the orbit of Planet Mars'.
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