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 Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Capping nearly two years of detailed development and assembly, engineers at The Johns Hopkins 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.