Missed Asteroid Rendezvous
After having to settle for a fleeting, flyby glimpse of Eros, controllers of NASA's Near spacecraft are planning to execute a maneuver this week aimed at returning the probe to the asteroid in February 2000 for a year-long visit and an eventual hard landing attempt. Late last week, controllers at...
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