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Rescue satellite nears doomed NASA telescope, but cannot save it
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Rescue satellite nears doomed NASA telescope, but cannot save it

A private spacecraft, intended to save NASA's Swift Observatory, has approached within nine miles of the doomed telescope and captured images, despite the rescue mission being abandoned.

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