  We report complete near-infrared (0.9-2.4 $\mu$m) spectral observations of
the largest know trans-neptunian objects (TNO) 28976 = 2001 KX$_{76}$ taken in
two different nights using the new Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer (NICS)
attached to the 3.56m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG). The spectra are
featureless and correspond to a neutral colored object. Our observations
indicate that the surface of 2001 KX$_{76}$ is probably highly evolved due to
long term irradiation, and that collisional resurfacing processes have not
played an important role in its evolution.
