What Happens to Lost Spacecraft?

Lost spacecraft are like toys that you throw into the sky, sometimes they land back on Earth, but other times they just keep floating away. If no one sees them anymore, we say they're lost. But even though they're not seen, they might still be drifting around in space forever.

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Imagine throwing a toy car into the sky, if it doesn’t come back, you might say it's lost.
A spaceship that runs out of fuel and keeps going away is like a lost toy drifting through space.
Lost spacecraft are like invisible dots in the night sky, we just can't see them anymore.

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