February 12th, 2001
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. event on February 12, 2001. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around February 12, 2001
| February 13th, 2001 | Event | An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400. |
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