NASA: Satellite tumbling to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space Friday, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge. The old research spacecraft was targeted to crash through the atmosphere sometime Friday night or early Saturday ...

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