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James Bell, assistant professor of astronomy at Cornell and a member of the CONTOUR science team, and his son, Dustin, 11, react with delight and awe as the Boeing Delta II rocket soars skywards July 3, carrying the spacecraft into Earth orbit.

Robert Barker/University Photography

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The view from the launch pad's perimeter at 2:47 a.m.,
taken by remote-control camera.

 Robert Barker/University Photography

 

CONTOUR Photographs
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The Cornell Team

 

You are there: Experience the CONTOUR launch through the sound recording by Blaine Friedlander Jr., of the Cornell News Service.

 

Hear an interview with Brian Carcich at the launch about the data collection process of the CONTOUR spacecraft.

 

See on-line video interviews with the principal investigator for the CONTOUR mission, Joseph Veverka, and other members of the CONTOUR team.

 

Meet the Cornell researchers involved in the CONTOUR mission.


Cornell's CONTOUR Home Page

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