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Delta II Launches Asteroid Interceptor NEAR for NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., 17 Feb., 1997 -- A Boeing Delta II rocket sens NASA's NEAR spacecraft on a rendezvous with the near-Earth asteroid Eros. The mission ended in 2001 when scientists landed the spacecraft on the asteroid.
Photo Credit: Boeing Photo