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Réf : S09672
Thème :
Essais - Constructions - Satellites - Sondes - Fusées (2314 images)
Titre : The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft settles on the spin table in the Spacecraft
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(05/30/2002) -- The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft settles on the spin table in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 for its spin test. CONTOUR will provide the first detailed look into the heart of a comet -- the nucleus. Flying as close as 60 miles (100 kilometers) to at least two comets, the spacecraft will take the sharpest pictures yet of a nucleus while analyzing the gas and dust that surround these rocky, icy building blocks of the solar system. Launch of CONTOUR aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for July 1 from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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