Lost in Space: Comet mission appears to have broken apart
By Ron Cowen
Just 2 weeks ago, the CONTOUR probe, launched July 3, was beginning its journey to two comets, one of which had broken into pieces. It now appears that the $159 million spacecraft has itself broken apart.
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“I feel like I lost a relative,” says planetary scientist Lucy-Ann A. McFadden of the University of Maryland in College Park.