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STS-99 Report # 05

Sunday, February 13, 2000 – 6:30 am CDT The first ìflycast maneuverî trim burn was completed without a hitch by members of the Endeavour crew early Sunday. A little later, […]

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NEAR’s spectrometer measures Eros

NEAR’s spectrometer measures Eros Throughout NEAR’s approach to Eros, both the Multispectral Imager (MSI) and the Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIS) have acquired measurements of the asteroid’s light-reflecting properties. One of the […]

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STS-99 Status Report #6

Sunday, February 13, 2000 – 7:00 p.m. CST The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission’s mapping operation continues to run smoothly, with about 17.7 million square miles of the Earth’s surface having […]

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NEAR Captures an Asteroid’s Heart

For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Mike Buckley (JHUAPL) 240-228-7536 michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu Helen Worth (JHUAPL) 240-228-5113 helen.worth@jhuapl.edu The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft has a Feb. 14 date with a space […]

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STS-99 Status Report #3

Saturday, February 12, 2000 – 6:30 a.m. CST Endeavour astronauts began mapping operations on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which will provide maps of the Earth unprecedented in accuracy and […]