|
|
|
|
|
|
by jeffwass
4229 days ago
|
|
|
Space probe NEAR-Shoemaker landed on asteroid Eros in 2001! What is amazing about this landing is that the probe had no landing gear, no shock absorbers, and was not designed in any way to land. NASA engineers tuned the orbit carefully and slowly and we're able to match velocities for a soft landing for what was otherwise supposed to be an orbiting spacecraft. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker (Edit - fixed asteroid name) |
|
|