A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat — a schedule Science described as almost unheard of for a NA

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• This Week, NASA Will Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Mission to Save a Space Telescope That Has Observed the Sky for Nearly 22 Years Smithsonian Magazine · 20d ago
• 1st-of-its-kind mission will attempt to save aging space telescope using robot spacecraft ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 20d ago
• How Virginia powered a 1st-of-its kind space telescope rescue mission The News Leader | Staunton, VA · 20d ago
• A spacecraft is falling to its doom Nature · 20d ago
• A Never-Before-Attempted Space Telescope Rescue Is LaunchingThis Week IFLScience · 20d ago
• NASA’s Swift Mission to Launch From Rare Lockheed L-1011 AirGuide Business · 20d ago
• A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat Space Daily · 20d ago

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