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A NASA telescope will likely plummet to Earth on Wednesday

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A NASA telescope will likely plummet to Earth on Wednesday
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A revolutionary NASA telescope is making its way back to Earth—but will not survive the journey. The United States Space Force has honed its estimate for the Neil Gehreis Swift Observatory’s fiery atmospheric reentry. According to the latest calculations, the 2,500-pound orbital telescope will largely burn-up during its descent on or around Wednesday, November 4.



“We’ve known this day would come since before Swift was launched,” Pennsylvania State University astronomer and Swift control lead

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