NASA's 3,200-pound Swift telescope may reenter Earth's atmosphere tonight

NASA's 3,200-pound Swift telescope may reenter Earth's atmosphere tonight

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NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere soon, potentially as early as tonight. This follows the failure of a private mission aimed at saving the spacecraft, with most of it anticipated to burn up during reentry.

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