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This space telescope is falling. A robotic spacecraft may save it

NASA’s Swift gamma-ray telescope may get a new lease on life

An illustration of a space telescope with extended solar panels with a sliver of Earth in the distance

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is drifting to its demise in Earth’s atmosphere. A space robot called LINK could tug it back into a safe orbit.

Chris Smith (KBRwyle)/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

By Lisa Grossman

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