<Table> NEAR Shoemaker <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Model of the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mission type </Th> <Td> Orbiter (433 Eros) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Operator </Th> <Td> NASA APL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> COSPAR ID </Th> <Td> 1996 - 008A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> SATCAT no . </Th> <Td> 23784 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> near.jhuapl.edu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mission duration </Th> <Td> 5 years, 21days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spacecraft properties </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Launch mass </Th> <Td> ~ 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dry mass </Th> <Td> 487 kilograms (1,074 lb) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Power </Th> <Td> 1,800 W </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Start of mission </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Launch date </Th> <Td> February 17, 1996 (1996 - 02 - 17) 20: 43: 27 UTC (22 years, 5 months and 10 days ago) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Rocket </Th> <Td> Delta II 7925 - 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Launch site </Th> <Td> Cape Canaveral LC - 17B </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> End of mission </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Last contact </Th> <Td> February 28, 2001 (2001 - 02 - 28) ~ 00: 00 UTC (17 years, 4 months and 29 days ago) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Landing date </Th> <Td> February 12, 2001 (2001 - 02 - 12) 20: 01 UTC (17 years, 5 months and 15 days ago) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Landing site </Th> <Td> South of Himeros crater, 433 Eros </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Flyby of 253 Mathilde </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Closest approach </Th> <Td> June 27, 1997 (1997 - 06 - 27) 12: 56 UTC (21 years and 1 month ago) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distance </Th> <Td> 1,212 kilometers (753 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 433 Eros orbiter </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Orbital insertion </Th> <Td> February 14, 2000 (2000 - 02 - 14) 15: 33 UTC (18 years, 5 months and 13 days ago) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Orbits </Th> <Td> 230 orbits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Official insignia of the NEAR Shoemaker mission . </P> Discovery program Mars Pathfinder → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Model of the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft </Td> </Tr>

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