Also known as COmet Nucleus TOUR
The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) was a NASA Discovery-class space probe that failed shortly after its July 2002 launch. It was the only Discovery mission to fail.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- CONTOUR
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Comet Nucleus Tour
- Spaceflight.image
- Contour comet.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Artist impression of CONTOUR approaching a comet.
- Spaceflight.image_alt
- The CONTOUR spacecraft approaches the coma of a comet, while another comet is visible in the background.
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Cometary flyby
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA / APL
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2002-034A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 27457
- Spaceflight.website
- science.nasa.gov
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- Spaceflight.power
- 670 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 3 July 2002, 06:47:41 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta II 7425–9.5D-292
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-17
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Boeing
- Spaceflight.disposal_type
- Destroyed
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- space probe
- Image
- CONTOUR pre-launch.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- CONTOUR
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2002-07-03
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17
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