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NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope
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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NASA announced that the planned rescue of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been abandoned after a problem with the LINK spacecraft, built by Katalyst Space, prevented the intended docking and boost maneuver.
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