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NASA fails to save its sinking telescope in space

A NASA telescope which launched back in 2004, has been rapidly sinking in its orbit around Earth....

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07.45 20 Aug 2026


NASA fails to save its sinking telescope in space


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07.45 20 Aug 2026


A NASA telescope which launched back in 2004, has been rapidly sinking in its orbit around Earth. It is expected to plunge through the atmosphere later this year. NASA’s rescue mission to save this telescope from falling has failed after the spacecraft ran into problems.  

Get the details of this failed mission with Kevin Nolan, Space expert and lecturer in Physics at TUD.


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