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  "url": "https://theconversation.com/rescuing-satellites-is-harder-than-it-looks-a-growing-space-junk-problem-will-make-doing-so-more-important-286737",
  "title": "Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important",
  "summary": "A new mission to save NASA’s Swift observatory shows why catching a satellite that was never designed for rescue is one of the hardest jobs in spaceflight.",
  "authors": "Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-22T12:29:20.000Z",
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  "source_name": "The Conversation Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/us/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12809",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/rescuing-satellites-is-harder-than-it-looks-a-growing-space-junk-problem-will-make-doing-so-more-important-286737",
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