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NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

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By Kenneth Chang Verified
| GV Wire Verified
A one-of-a-kind NASA space telescope is about to fall out of the sky. For more than two decades, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope has gazed at the fading afterglows of some of the universe’s most violent explosions. After launching in 2004, Swift initially circled about 370 miles above Earth’s surface. That far up, there were hardly any air molecules for Swift to run into, but slowly, over time, its orbit descended lower and lower.
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A Picture-Perfect Landing Shows China's Ambitions to Narrow the Space Race

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By Kenneth Chang Verified
| Breaking One
On Friday, the bottom part of a rocket that had been launched just minutes earlier descended toward what looked like a stubby drilling derrick floating in the South China Sea. As the rocket stage, known as a booster, slowed almost to a stop and precisely maneuvered into the center of the structure, a grid of wires gently closed around it. It was a remarkable success for a Chinese government-owned space company.
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A Picture-Perfect Landing Shows China’s Ambitions to Narrow the Space Race

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By Kenneth Chang Verified
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A Picture-Perfect Landing Shows China’s Ambitions to Narrow the Space Race A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.
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