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NASA Swift Telescope Crashes This Week
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NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, launched November 20, 2004, is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere between Tuesday and Wednesday this week. A failed robotic orbit correction in September 2026 doomed the mission, with about 100 kilograms of tungsten debris potentially landing in Africa, Australia, or South America.
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