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==Astronomy and space exploration== * February 12 β The ''[[NEAR Shoemaker]]'' spacecraft lands in the "saddle" region of [[433 Eros]], becoming the first [[spacecraft]] to land on an [[asteroid]]. * June 21 β [[Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001]], a total eclipse. * August 8 β [[NASA]]'s ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' spacecraft is launched. * October 15 β NASA's ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Io (moon)|Io]]. * November 27 β The [[Hubble Space Telescope]] detects [[sodium]] in the atmosphere of [[HD 209458 b]], the first [[exoplanet]] atmosphere to be measured. * December 14 β [[Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001]], an annular eclipse.
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