Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous

Site Map and Information

Questions about the NEAR web site?
Get the answers here.

Site Map -- The Big Picture; shows the general layout of this site's many areas.       Hit rate plot

Navigation Help -- Some hints on using built-in devices for moving from place to place in this site.  

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- See several common questions and the (sometimes surprising) answers.

NEAR Tour -- The easy and fast way to visit each main area of the site. Let us do the driving!

Media Area -- Writing an article or doing research about the NEAR mission? For your convenience we have collected all the important fact sheets, graphics, and text into this one area.

Pictorial Voyage -- Journey with NEAR from your home on Earth to the distant reaches of the Solar System.

Glossary -- Terms related to the NEAR mission. 

Image Gallery -- Dozens of pictures, artists renditions, diagrams, video, etc. to download as you wish.  


Navigating this Site:

  • In most graphical browsers, links you haven't visited yet appear red; the ones that you have already explored are brown.

  • After scrolling down to the bottom of a page, you can click the "" symbol to return to the TOP of that page.

  • You can get to the HOME page from any other page by clicking the words "Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous" on the top banner of any page:


NEAR Tour:

We linked some important web pages together in a series to provide an easy "expedition" through the main areas of the site. To guide you along the way, TOUR pages contain banners at the top and bottom which you can use like this:

Take the TOUR now.


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