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Engineers Devise Plan to Capture a Rescue Satellite Now in Need of Rescue Itself
A mission designed to extend the life of NASA's Swift observatory has encountered its own difficulties, and engineers are now developing a plan to physically capture the spacecraft, according to Ars Technica.
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