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So, we are going to talk about the last one landing on an asteroid. Many asteroids have made it to Earth based on geological record, but this date was the first time a first settled on an asteroid. NASA is a near-or near-Earth asteroid rendezvous, a shoemaker spacecraft, spent more than a year surveying the peanut-shaped 4-3-3 arrows. A near-Earth asteroid whose orbit brings it close to our planet, its survey revealed a surprisingly rich surface, featuring craters, dust ponds, and house-sized boulders. Then came the end of the mission on 12 February controllers performed. The first spacecraft's touchdown on an asteroid. The spacecraft's transmitted 69 close-up images during its final descent and continued.
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