NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reenters over Western Indonesia
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NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered Earth's atmosphere over western Indonesia, ending nearly 22 years in orbit for the gamma-ray burst hunter. The reentry came after a commercial rescue attempt to save the spacecraft failed, with most of it expected to burn up.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory plummeted back into Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday over western Indonesia, ending nearly 22 years in orbit for the gamma-ray burst hunter after a failed attempt to rescue it.
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