NASA's race against time to rescue a falling satellite

A valuable NASA satellite observatory is falling to Earth faster than scientists expected. It’s called the Neil Gehrels Swift ...

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...

NASA sends robot into orbit to stop telescope crashing to Earth

Swift has been circling Earth for 21 years. Without a rescue mission assembled in just nine months, it would burn up by ...

Can NASA save the Swift Observatory? Agency has a plan to try

The Swift Observatory is in peril more than 2 decades after a Cape Canaveral launch. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

NASA prepares to launch daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth

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

NASA Launches Mission to Stop 22-Year-Old Telescope from Plummeting Back to Earth

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory runs the risk of burning Earth's atmosphere as it sinks ...

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

The mission came together in just nine months. The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have ...

A 22-year-old NASA telescope is quietly falling toward Earth, and a $30 million robotic lifesaver is launching this week in a first-of-its-kind rescue

NASA prepares a robotic mission to rescue the aging Swift telescope before orbital decay brings the observatory back to Earth ...

A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA plans a mission to rescue it

NASA plans to mount a daring mission to stave off the destruction of the Swift Observatory, which has been falling back to Earth. Here's how.
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NASA initiates urgent mission to prevent Swift Observatory’s descent to Earth

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies teamed up to successfully rescue the Swift Observatory in an impressive nine-month effort.

NASA will conduct daring rescue mission to reposition telescope sinking into Earth's atmosphere

NASA officials and partners are trying to make history by repositioning the Swift telescope, which is actively sinking into ...

NASA’s daring mission to save a telescope from falling down to Earth

NASA’s daring mission to save its Swift Observatory from falling down to Earth - And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next ...