Swift
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift observatory is likely to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere at 3:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 4, the agency says. Some fragments from the 3,200-lb. spacecraft are expected to survive reentry, with the risk of potential individual harm calculated at 1 in 2,100, NASA said. The...
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