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NASA is working with an American startup
to attempt something

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no one has ever achieved —

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boost a spacecraft before it
reenters the atmosphere.

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This is just a really different
kind of mission.

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We can't wait long.

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Its orbit has been lowering.
If we do nothing,

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Swift will reenter the atmosphere,
and so there's nothing to lose.

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Just a few months ago,

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this spacecraft was a conceptual drawing.

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Katalyst’s robotic spacecraft will approach
the observatory, carefully capture it,

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and propel it
to nearly its original orbit.

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Six months ago,

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this was a PowerPoint
and it looked nothing like this.

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In under a year,

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we're going from identification
of a problem, proposal,

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contract award to launch.

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Saving Swift isn't about 
just preserving one mission.

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It's about moving forward in a future 
where we can give spacecraft a second life.