CONTOUR successfully launched, main engine to fire Aug. 15
After a successful launch, NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft is on track to fire its main engine and place itself in a comet-chasing orbit Aug. 15. The 2,138-pound (970-kilogram) spacecraft launched at 2:47 a.m. EDT July 3 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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