Space
Fueless NASA Satellite Starts to Fall
A veteran of the sky is falling down, and for NASA experts, it's bittersweet. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite phoned home earlier this week to let the space agency know that it's running low on fuel, and with no way to get a fresh tank up to the orbiting spacecraft, NASA engineers are content to let it gradually fall to a fiery end.
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