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NASA races to save aging Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar ...

NASA aims to save a sinking space telescope with a rendezvous in orbit

The agency’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is at risk of falling into the atmosphere. A spacecraft set to launch Tuesday is ...
Scientific American

NASA prepares to launch an unprecedented mission to save a dying space telescope

LINK’s mission is to rescue one of the most scientifically productive astronomical facilities in operation: NASA’s Neil ...

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

NASA is racing to save the Swift telescope from fiery reentry with a $30-million robotic rescue, launching a three-armed ...

NASA races to save Swift telescope with robotic rescue mission

True to its name, Swift is designed to pivot quickly to capture late-breaking astronomical events such as gamma ray bursts ...

Daring mission by NASA to save telescope from falling back to Earth

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
Mashable

NASA is daring to rescue a space telescope before it falls to Earth

Katalyst Space Technologies built a robotic spacecraft to boost a NASA space telescope, Swift, to a safe orbit before falling back to Earth. Credit: NASA illustration During the fierce solar storms of ...