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A space telescope that is more than 20 years old crashes and even a quickly planned NASA mission cannot save the valuable instrument from its fiery death. A daring rescue attempt failed and by October, the telescope will burn up spectacularly in the Earth's atmosphere.


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By Benjamin Kanthak, Wolfgang Mueller

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A space telescope that is more than 20 years old crashes and even a quickly planned NASA mission cannot save the valuable instrument from its fiery death. A daring rescue attempt failed and by October, the telescope will burn up spectacularly in the Earth's atmosphere.


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