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February 12, 2001
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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid
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Solar System
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Quite important (7)
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Milky Way
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Solar System
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Contemporary
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Science and Technologies
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History of United States
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United States
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Science
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21th Century
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2000s
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History of Solar System
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Space Age
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Year 2001
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NASA
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Asteroids
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February 12
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NEAR Shoemaker
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