Timeline Monday 12 February 2001

Events on Monday 12 February 2001 2

• 2001 First draft of the human genome published Public and private teams release the sequence In February 2001 the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium and the company Celera published separate draft sequences of the human genome in Nature and Science. The drafts covered roughly 90 percent of the genome. The work opened a new era of genetic medicine and research.
• 2001 NEAR Shoemaker lands on asteroid Eros First spacecraft to touch down on an asteroid On 12 February 2001 NASA's NEAR Shoemaker probe descended onto the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. It kept transmitting data from the surface after touchdown. The mission had orbited Eros for a year beforehand.