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Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope
France24 Americas and WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedNASA has called off the rescue of its aging Swift telescope, which is now expected to burn up in the atmosphere later this year.
The headline splitWTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst) frames it as "Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope". France24 Americas frames it as "NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth".
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CenterRescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope
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NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth
NASA said on Wednesday a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The unprecedented effort aimed to use a robot...
