{"id":13535,"date":"2015-02-12T23:16:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid-2\/"},"modified":"2015-02-12T23:16:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:16:05","slug":"spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacecraft Lands on an Asteroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-802\">\n<div class=\"format_text entry-content\">\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F02%252F12%252Fspacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F02%252F300px-WholeEros.jpg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[802]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/67ba4__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-803\" title=\"Eros\" alt=\"Eros\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/d4533__300px-WholeEros.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>February 12, 2001<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNEAR_Shoemaker\" target=\"_blank\">NEAR Shoemaker<\/a> spacecraft touches down in the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSaddle_%28landform%29\" target=\"_blank\">saddle<\/a>\u201d region of asteroid\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F433_Eros\" target=\"_blank\">433 Eros<\/a>, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAsteroid\" target=\"_blank\">asteroid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F02%252F12%252Fspacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F02%252F300px-WholeEros.jpg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[802]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/67ba4__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2F02%2F12%2Fshe-was-also-famous-for-tennis%2F\" rel=\"prev\">She Was Also Famous for Tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/d4533__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thisdayintechhistory.com\/02\/12\/spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid\/\">This Day in Tech History<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 12, 2001 The\u00a0NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the \u201csaddle\u201d region of asteroid\u00a0433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. 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