NASA's Swift Telescope Re-enters Earth After 22 Years
NASA's Swift satellite telescope has fallen from orbit in a fiery finale. It was 22 years old and lasted far longer than planners expected, outlasting expectations by about two decades. Reports say it did not simply fail.
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Context: Swift was built to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, and it helped astronomers track many of them. Its long life shows how well space missions can last beyond their planned time.
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