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@nytimes On February 12, 2001 United States flight controllers landed NASA's NEAR spacecraft on an asteroid called Eros. NEAR was the first spacecraft to orbit and touchdown on the surface of an asteroid. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 https://t.co/hBraEHIL5Y