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From Cache Valley to the cosmos: Utah-built satellite that mapped the universe powers down

Nearly 15 years after its assembly in northern Utah, this NASA spacecraft has far exceeded its mission.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The comet NEOWISE appears over the Great Salt Lake, as seen from Antelope Island in July 2020. The Utah-built space telescope that discovered the comet powered down for the final time this month.