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NASA bids farewell to its Swift observatory
Original: Farewell Swift
NASA is saying goodbye to the Swift space telescope, the gamma-ray burst hunter that operated for roughly two decades before being wound down. Mission teams and astronomers are marking the end of an observatory credited with rapid response to cosmic explosions and thousands of scientific findings. Reactions are largely nostalgic tributes to a long-serving spacecraft.
Why now: News of the Swift observatory's decommissioning is prompting tributes from the space and astronomy community.
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- Farewell Swift · Space Policy Online
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