Press Release
Jan 29, 2002
CONTOUR Spacecraft Shipped to Goddard for Prelaunch Testing
The spacecraft set to provide the closest look ever at a comet nucleus was shipped today from The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland — where it was designed and built — to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for its next round of prelaunch testing.
Press Release
Jan 4, 2002
Comet-Chasing Spacecraft Nears Completion at ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Applied Physics Lab
Capping nearly two years of detailed development and assembly, engineers at The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory are putting the last touches on the CONTOUR spacecraft, which will provide the closest and most detailed look ever into the icy heart of a comet.