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NASA's Swift Observatory to burn up in atmosphere this week
Original: NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after more than two decades in space
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a gamma-ray burst hunter that operated for more than two decades, is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere and burn up this week. The spacecraft, launched in 2004 and named after the late astrophysicist Neil Gehrels, far outlived its original mission plans before being decommissioned.
Why now: The long-serving telescope's fiery end this week is drawing attention to the close of a landmark astronomy mission.
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- NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after more than two decades in space · Spaceflight Now
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