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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it
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A private spacecraft that was supposed to supply a lifeline to NASA’s Swift Observatory managed to get close to the sinking telescope and even snap photos more than a week after the rescue was abandoned. But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because of low fuel, according to Kata...

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