The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft executed a 24-min. burn of its main engine Jan. 3 to head back to Eros after its missed attempt to reach the asteroid. But late last week controllers were still uncertain of when Near would arrive at Eros and how long a mission it could conduct. The burn...

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