WorldPingThe mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
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WorldPingNASA said on Wednesday a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The unprecedented effort aimed to use a robot to move Swift into a higher orbit.
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WorldPingWithout a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year.
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WorldPingThe Swift observatory will now re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed…
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WorldPingEclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space.
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WorldPingRemember the "Wow!" signal? That high-energy radio signature occurred in 1977, when Earth was much "quieter" in the radio band. If it happened today, it probably wouldn't even move the needle on the background noise of human radio chatter.
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