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NASA's Swift telescope faces final countdown with fiery return to Earth possible Wednesday
NASA's aging Swift telescope is careening back toward Earth in an uncontrolled fall with a fiery return possible Wednesday.
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A NASA Telescope Is Predicted to Crash Back to Earth Within Hours
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NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?
NASA's 22-year-old Swift space telescope is plunging back to Earth following a failed rescue mission to maintain its orbit.
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NASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission
NASA's Swift space telescope is plunging back to Earth after 22 years in orbit following a failed rescue attempt.
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Spacecraft returns to Earth after rescue mission for ageing Nasa telescope fails
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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA’s doomed telescope, even if it can’t save it
A rescue satellite from Katalyst Space has approached NASA's Swift telescope in a final, likely unsuccessful attempt to prevent its descent toward Earth.
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Spacecraft Settles for Photos of NASA's Sinking Telescope
A rescue spacecraft has approached NASA's sinking Swift telescope, shifting its mission from a rescue attempt to a photographic documentation effort.
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NASA's doomed Swift space telescope restarts science work after rescue mission fails
NASA's doomed Swift space telescope has resumed science operations following a failed orbital rescue mission.
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After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
NASA's Swift space telescope is destined to crash back to Earth following the failure of a private rescue mission intended to save the spacecraft.
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NASA telescope doomed after Flagstaff company’s rescue attempt fails
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Rescue mission is called off for NASA’s aging Swift space telescope
NASA has officially abandoned a mission to rescue the aging Swift space telescope, leaving the observatory to fall toward Earth.
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NASA’s Attempt to Save Its Falling Telescope Has Failed
NASA and Katalyst Space have called off their commercial rescue mission for the aging Swift space telescope.
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'We are not giving up yet': Private mission to rescue NASA's Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it
Engineers are racing to stabilize a private rescue satellite sent to save NASA's Swift telescope after the craft began spinning out of control.
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Mission to Save Falling NASA Space Telescope Suffers Setback
A private rescue mission aimed at saving a falling NASA space telescope experiences a critical setback as it spins out of control.
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Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble
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The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope is tumbling out of control
A private robotic spacecraft hired by NASA to lift an aging orbital telescope is tumbling out of control in space.
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Astronomers identify one of the universe's rarest black hole events
Astronomers have detected a rare 'wandering' mega black hole at the edge of a galaxy, captured as it shreds a nearby star.
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NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
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