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NASA's Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission
The Independent and KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedNASA's Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Decades-old NASA telescope heading back to Earth — to crash". The center frames it as "NASA's Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission".
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Left / center-leftDecades-old NASA telescope heading back to Earth — to crash
The Independent · Center-left · News report
CenterNASA's Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission
KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) · Center · News report
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NASA's Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission
A nearly 3,000-pound NASA space telescope that has spent more than two decades studying some of the universe's most powerful explosions is expected to come crashing back to Earth in the com...
