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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 ...

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’s daring mission to save its Swift Observatory from falling down to Earth

NASA is embarking on an ambitious rescue mission to prevent its aging Swift Observatory from plummeting back to Earth. The £24 million ($30 million) salvage operation is set to commence as early as ...

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.
Houston Chronicle

NASA names Artemis III crew for critical Earth-orbit test of moon landers

NASA has unveiled the four astronauts who will fly on Artemis III: Americans Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas and Italian Luca Parmitano. Bresnik will be the mission’s commander. Parmitano, ...