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  "id": 2185334,
  "title": "NASA will no longer attempt to save its aging Swift space telescope",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nasa-will-no-longer-attempt-to-save-its-aging-swift-space-telescope",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-not-saving-swift-telescope-9.7314041"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NASA has spent $30 million US in an attempt to raise the sinking Swift Observatory, which has been operating for 20 years, but on Wednesday called off the rescue mission.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "NASA, Katalyst call off SWIFT rescue mission over issues with rescue craft in space",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/nasa-katalyst-call-off-swift-rescue-mission-over-issues-with-rescue",
        "published": "2026-08-19T18:33:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SpaceNews",
        "title": "Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/katalyst-space-and-nasa-abandon-plans-for-swift-reboost",
        "published": "2026-08-19T19:23:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/nasas-swift-telescope-will-plunge-toward-earth-after-rescue-mission",
        "published": "2026-08-19T21:41:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/rescue-mission-for-ageing-nasa-space-telescope-fails",
        "published": "2026-08-19T22:32:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nasa-satellite-rescue-mission-fails-swift-telescope-set-to-fall-to",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:31:11.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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