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June 23, 2026 at 06:21 PM
This Week, NASA Will Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Mission to Save a Space Telescope That Has Observed the Sky for Nearly 22 Years
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
NASA is launching a robotic mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a 22-year-old space telescope, from falling out of orbit prematurely.
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