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CONTOUR missing after critical engine firing

Something went wrong this morning when NASA’s CONTOUR spacecraft was scheduled to fire its engines to propel it out of Earth orbit, and mission managers have lost contact with the craft and do not know what’s wrong.

A spokesperson told SPACE.com that engineers are trying to track the spacecraft along the path it would have traveled had the burn occurred successfully. He said there is no indication the burn did not occur.

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