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An ongoing project, which offers the scientific community the opportunity to assemble a team and design investigations that complement NASA's larger planetary science explorations. The goal is to launch many smaller missions with fast development times.
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Welcome to Unlocking the Mysteries: NASA's Discovery Program Even with the vast amount of knowledge gained since exploration of our solar system began, there are still more questions than answers. NASA's Discovery Program gives scientists the opportunity to dig deep into their imaginations and find innovative ways to...The Comet Nucleus Tour spacecraft was presumed lost during its mission. Includes an overview of the mission and full mishap board investigation report.
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NSSDC Master Catalog Display: Spacecraft The spacecraft was scheduled to ignite its STAR 30 solid rocket engine on 15 August 2003 at 08:49 UT (4:49 a.m. EDT This firing was to take CONTOUR out of Earth orbit and put it on a heliocentric trajectory. However,...