NASA's Swift telescope faces final countdown with fiery return to Earth imminent
NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit.
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- NASA's 3,200-pound Swift telescope could fall to Earth any minute, agency says.
- A 3,200-pound NASA observatory is careening back toward Earth.
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Live Science: NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the
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The Weather Channel: A 3,200-pound NASA observatory is careening back toward Earth
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