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{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          17-Nov-2004

{description}   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. The Swift mission patch depicts both
                the spacecraft and the bird for which it was named. The
                observatory is named after a small, nimble bird that can grab up
                insects as it flies through the sky. Similarly, the observatory
                can swiftly turn and point its instruments to catch a gamma-ray
                burst "on the fly" to study both the burst and its afterglow.
                This afterglow phenomenon follows the initial gamma-ray flash in
                most bursts and it can linger in X-ray light, visible light and
                radio waves for hours or weeks, providing great detail for
                observations.

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{keywords}      NASA,KSC,Kennedy Space Center

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{number}        KSC-04PD-2332

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{title}         KSC-04PD-2332

{type}          Image

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