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Come Closer, My NEAR - This article from the November issue of Scientific American discusses the first rendezvous attempt with Eros by NEAR in December 1998.

NEAR - NASA Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous with 433 Eros - The ultimate goal of the mission was to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February 2000, and study the asteroid for approximately one year.

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) - NEAR will be the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid when it encounters 433 Eros on 14 February 2000. [Johns Hopkins University].

NEAR Mission Overview - This page at Malin Space Science Systems provides a concise overview of the NEAR mission to asteroid 433 Eros.

Near-Earth Asteroid Mission Travels to 433 Eros - The NEAR spacecraft is on its way to an asteroid named for the god of love. Once it arrives in 1999, scientists expect to learn about the role asteroids played in forming our solar system as well as the physics and chemistry of the solar system bodies that hit and left their marks on the surfaces and atmospheres of all the planets. Earth in Space Vol. 8, No. 9, May 1996, pp.6-9. American Geophysical Union.

Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - This page at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) provides a description of MSSS participation in the NEAR mission to asteroid 433 Eros.

The Near Earth Asteroid Mission to 433 Eros - This page provides an overview of the scientific rationale behind the NEAR mission and the selection of 433 Eros as the target asteroid. Article by Lucy A. McFadden, Christopher T. Russell, Andrew F. Cheng Originally appeared in EOS, Trans AGU, 77 , 73 and 79, 1996