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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — With the container removed, the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft is ready for fairing encapsulation. CONTOUR will provide the first detailed look into the heart of a comet -- the nucleus. Flying as close as 60 miles (100 kilometers) to at least two comets, the spacecraft will take the sharpest pictures yet of a nucleus while analyzing the gas and dust that surround these rocky, icy building blocks of the solar system.
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