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NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
NASA is launching a $30 million mission to rescue the Swift Observatory from orbital decay using Katalyst Space Technologies' robotic spacecraft. The mission aims to boost Swift to a higher orbit to prevent its re-entry, with plans to potentially apply similar technology to save the Hubble Space Telescope in the future.
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- NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
- NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
- NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
- NASA is racing to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth
- NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
- NASA prepares to launch rescue to save telescope from falling to Earth