NEAR Mission

Press Releases

Archive by Date

Archive by Subject

Featured Stories

APL Press Kit

Community Relations

Visitor Guide

APL Retirees News

Press Releases

NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous)

Media Contact:

H. Worth, 240-228-5021
M. Buckley , 240-228-7536

April 15, 2002		Aviation Week Honors JHU/APL Researchers and NEAR Mission
November 14, 2001		Smithsonian Selects NEAR Mission for 2001 Aerospace Trophy
November 14, 2001		NEAR Mission Picked for Popular Science "Best of What's New" Award
April 20, 2001		NEAR Team Studies Small-Scale Features on Eros
March 27, 2001		JHUAPL Receives Governor's Citation for Scientific Achievement
February 28, 2001		The End of an Asteroidal Adventure. NEAR Shoemaker Phones Home for the Last Time
February 14, 2001		NEAR Shoemaker's Historic Landing on Eros Exceeds Science, Engineering Expectations
February 12, 2001		NEAR Shoemaker Makes Historic Touchdown on Asteroid Eros
January 31, 2001		NEAR Mission Meets Science Goals; Ready for First-Ever Controlled Descent to an Asteroid
January 10, 2001		NEAR Shoemaker Primed for Final Weeks in Orbit
December 13, 2000		NEAR Shoemaker Engine Burn Puts Spacecraft on Track for Final Months in Orbit
October 24, 2000		NEAR Scientists Gathering Solid Data on Complex Asteroid Eros
October 23, 2000		NEAR Shoemaker Closes in for Unprecedented View of an Asteroid
September 21, 2000		NEAR Mission Discoveries Highlighted in Latest Issue of Science
May 30, 2000		NEAR Shoemaker Observations Link Eros to Primordial Solar System
March 14, 2000		NEAR Spacecraft Renamed for Planetary Science Pioneer
March 13, 2000		NEAR Team Reports Exciting First Month of Asteroid Eros Exploration
February 17, 2000		NEAR Team Digs into Early Data from Eros
February 13, 2000		NEAR Captures an Asteroid's Heart
February 8, 2000		NEAR Poised for Historic Asteroid Encounter
August 12, 1999		NEAR Engine Burn Puts Spacecraft on Target for Eros
February 8, 1999		NEAR Spacecraft Reveals Major Features of Eros
December 30, 1998		NEAR Spacecraft Set for Jan. 3 Main Engine Burn
December 22, 1998		NEAR Spacecraft to Fly by Asteroid Eros on Dec. 23; Rendezvous with Eros in 2000
December 14, 1998		NEAR Spacecraft Closing in on Eros
May 29, 1998		Sighting of NEAR Spacecraft Sets Distance Record
January 23, 1998		NEAR Completes Flawless Earth Swingby
January 15, 1998		Earth Swingby Puts NEAR Spacecraft on Final Approach to Eros
September 29, 1997		NEAR Spacecraft Gets Unexpected View Of Mysterious Gamma-Ray Burst
July 3, 1997		Deep Space Maneuver Retargets NEAR for Asteroid 433 Eros Encounter
June 30, 1997		Asteroid Mathilde Reveals Her Dark Past
June 18, 1997		NEAR Fast Approaching Asteroid 253 Mathilde
June 2, 1997		Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Encounter with Asteroid 253 Mathilde
November 25, 1996		NEAR Mission and All-Plastic Battery Win Popular Science "Best of What's New" Awards
April 9, 1996		Applied Physics Laboratory Honors NEAR Team for Underbudget Development and Launch
February 17, 1996		NEAR Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Spacecraft Successfully Launched

Go to APL Press Releases

Privacy Notice/Legal Disclaimer
� 2008 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Last verified: 12/6/2007