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19
sentences that state something as happening or true
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5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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NASA will no longer attempt to save its aging Swift space telescope
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NASA → attempt → telescope
NASA has spent $30 million US to try to raise the telescope to a longer-lasting orbit
The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery re-entry later this year.
NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup’s Link spacecraft rocketed away to the telescope’s rescue.
Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift and boost it to a higher orbit because of problems with controlling the spacecraft.
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Link → spend → spacecraft
said this means the telescope will plunge through the atmosphere after more than 20 years of tracking some of the biggest explosions in the universe like gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.
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telescope → say → bursts
Its demise is not expected before October.
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demise → expect → October
NASA paid $30 million US to Katalyst in an attempt to raise the telescope to a safer, longer-lasting orbit.
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NASA → pay → orbit
Intense solar activity caused it to lose altitude faster than expected.
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it → cause → altitude
The rescue spacecraft went into an uncontrollable spin a few weeks after its liftoff in early July.
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spacecraft → go → July
While flight controllers managed to slow Link’s tumble, issues continued to plague its pointing and positioning in orbit.
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issues → manage → orbit
“This is not the outcome we were working toward, but it does not change why this mission was worth attempting,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said in a statement.
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Isaacman → work → statement
As a consolation prize, Katalyst will continue to operate Link in proximity with the telescope to demonstrate capabilities for future rescue operations.
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Katalyst → continue → operations
Katalyst CEO Ghonhee Lee said it was an ambitious mission on an aggressive timeline that was thrown together in under a year.
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that → say → year
“We took on this high-risk, high-reward challenge and are proud of the milestones we reached along the way,” Lee said in a statement.
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Lee → take → statement
“We have already learned a tremendous amount.”
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We → learn → amount
Launched in 2004, Swift’s science instruments were turned off earlier this year to slow its descent.
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instruments → launch → descent
It was orbiting 345 kilometres high as of Wednesday.
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It → orbit → Wednesday
Katalyst had hoped to lift the telescope back to its original orbit of 600 kilometres, allowing for many more years of cosmic observations.
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Katalyst → hop → observations
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope could benefit from an orbital boost and had been next in line for a rescue attempt had this mission gone well.
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mission → benefit → attempt
The 36-year-old Hubble is also dropping in orbit because of all the sun’s recent outbursts.
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Hubble → drop → outbursts
It wasn’t immediately known whether Hubble is now out of luck.
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Hubble → know → luck
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