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title: "What specific type of celestial body did NASA's NEAR Shoemaker mission orbit first?"  
description: "What specific type of celestial body did NASA's NEAR Shoemaker mission orbit first?"  
author: "Amrith Chandran"  
published: 2025-07-19  
updated: 2025-07-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115151/what-specific-type-of-celestial-body-did-nasa-s-near-shoemaker-mission-orbit-first  
category: "space technology"  
tags: ["nasa"]  

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# What specific type of celestial body did NASA's NEAR Shoemaker mission orbit first?


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