LAUREL, Maryland (CNN) -- A NASA robot ship has become a film director of sorts, lensing a thriller while closely orbiting an asteroid millions of miles from Earth.

The cinematic first, one of several planned "flyover movies" of asteroid Eros, offers a roller coaster ride near the surface the space rock, highlighting eerie surface features and extreme contrasts of light and dark.

The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft acquired the movie images earlier this month as it circled Eros from a distance of 127 miles (205 km). The craft began orbiting the potato-shaped asteroid five weeks ago.

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Mitch Battros
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