NASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission - AP News
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NASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission - AP News

Source:Associated Press
Author:Marcia Dunn

A NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of the 1 1/2-ton telescope is expected to burn u…