NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope

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The 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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Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

The 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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NASA calls off mission to rescue the falling Swift observatory

The Swift observatory is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this year, because NASA has aborted its rescue mission.

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

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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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory

Without a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year.

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