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Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
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The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching on the bold mission. Katalyst Space Technologies announced the demise of its three-armed Link spacecraft on Friday.
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The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching on the bold mission. Katalyst Space Technologies announced the demise of its three-armed Link spacecraft on Friday.
Series of in-flight problems meant Link, a ‘commercial space robot’, could not salvage the Nasa observatory A spacecraft that was launched in July on a mission to rescue a decaying Nasa space observatory plunged back to Earth on Friday, concluding a failed mission that will be followed by the telesc…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to Earth on Friday less than three months after launching on the bold mission.
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