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MARCIA DUNN

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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · MARCIA DUNN

    NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission (opens the original)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off

  2. Article · Sep 20, 2026 · MARCIA DUNN

    Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth (opens the original)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified airplane, putting Link on course to reach and capture NASA’s Swift Observatory in about a month. Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar sto

  3. Article · Sep 19, 2026 · By Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer

    Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds (opens the original)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming killer space rock, scientists reported Friday. It’s the first time that a celestial body’s orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA's Dart spacecraft slammed into was never a threat to Earth. “This study marks a notable step forward in our ability to prevent future asteroid i

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · MARCIA DUNN

    Artemis II astronauts arrive at launch site for first moon trip in 53 years (opens the original)

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    Artemis II astronauts arrive at launch site for first moon trip in 53 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days ago Saturday, March 28 2026 Mar 28, 2026 March 28, 2026 8:40 AM March 28, 2026 in News Source: AP By: MARCIA DUNN Share: Trending News Toddler found alone at 2 a.m. in Tigerland, mother located hours later by DCFSWest Feliciana Parish Sheriff: Nearly 700 manhours logged in multi-parish search for 2 missing women CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in m

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · MARCIA DUNN (AP)

    Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind (opens the original)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century. The first photo taken by commander Reid Wiseman shows a curved slice of Earth in one of the capsule’s windows. The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds. A green aurora even gl

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