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NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth

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NASA 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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