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Audacious mission to rescue NASA's falling telescope has launched

Science | 2026-07-03 at 14:14 UTC | Source: www.newscientist.com
NASA’s Swift space telescope is reaching the end of its two-decade run in orbit – unless a satellite launched on 3 July can give it a lifesaving boost
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