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Swift Boost Mission: An opportunity for science and defense
NASA plans to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a 22-year-old space telescope, by launching a robotic spacecraft to boost it into a higher orbit instead of letting it deorbit naturally.
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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
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