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Ref : S09642
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 prepare a solar
Caption :
(05/28/2002) -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 prepare a solar panel and the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft (in the background) for installation of the panel. The spacecraft will provide the first detailed look into the heart of a comet -- the nucleus. The spacecraft will fly as close as 60 miles (100 kilometers) to at least two comets and will take the sharpest pictures yet of the 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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