Scientists are pleased with the images and data they have received from the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft. Find an image gallery.
Find out why scientists were excited to discover that the asteroid Eros is made of the same material as primordial meteorites found on Earth.
Scientists working on the NEAR-Shoemaker asteroid orbiter shut down the infrared spectrometer after it had received excessive electrical current.
Check out a QuickTime version of the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft's flyover of the asteroid Eros. Includes a photo gallery.
Take a look at the flyover movie produced by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft. Includes an image gallery and a message board.
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft settled into orbit around Eros, an asteroid about the size of Manhattan.
Find out about the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid and return data. View a computer-generated movie, and review the mission's status.
NASA has decided to cut off communication with the NEAR-Shoemaker probe, which will remain on the asteroid Eros. Check out a photo gallery.
NASA says the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft will move to a closer orbit around Eros. Find an image gallery and a message board.
NEAR Shoemaker beat the odds when it survived a crash landing on the asteroid Eros. Find an image gallery.
NEAR Shoemaker closed its orbit around the asteroid Eros to a distance of about 62 miles. Take a look at some of its close-up photos.
Take a look at some images of the asteroid Eros that have been captured by the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft.
Scientists are awestruck by the pictures being sent from the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft. Take a look here.
Arrival of summer has brought light to the southern half of the asteroid Eros and has illuminated a heretofore hidden surface, CNN reports.