SpaceMashableabout 2 hours ago
NASA reluctantly abandons a space telescope rescue mission
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NASA's rescue mission for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory failed after Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK spacecraft suffered attitude control problems. Swift will likely burn up in Earth's atmosphere within months, eliminating a key telescope for catching gamma-ray bursts and other transient cosmic events.
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