NASA's Contour mission to sample at least two comet nuclei
When NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) launches next month, it will mark the beginning of a highly flexible mission that will bring the spacecraft into unprecedented proximity with at least two comets. Comet nuclei are thought to be chunks of ice and rock left over from the formation of the solar...
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