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A NASA space telescope is falling out of the sky, and to save it the agency skipped its own contractors and handed the job to a four-year-old startup that had never flow…

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent 21 years as astronomy's first responder, swinging toward exploding stars faster ...

A startup built a robot in nine months to catch a falling NASA telescope before it burns up

NASA's robot is racing to save the falling Swift telescope. See how this daring private-sector mission aims to extend its ...
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NASA rushes to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with $30 million rescue mission

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the ...
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Inside NASA's daring mission to rescue a falling space telescope

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is planning a daring mission to save one of its space telescopes that is in danger of falling back to Earth. The Swift ...

Inside NASA’s daring race to save a doomed space telescope

NASA's Swift Observatory is in peril. A last minute mission to save it could make spaceflight history. Here's everything to know.

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 low-Earth orbit.

NASA Plans Daring Rescue Mission To Save SWIFT Observatory Telescope From Falling Out of Space

Partnering with Katalyst Space Technologies, a robotic spacecraft named Link will rendezvous with Swift to reposition it to a safer orbit. This mission could revolutionize satellite servicing for ...
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Audacious mission to rescue NASA's falling telescope has launched

NASA’s Swift space telescope is reaching the end of its two-decade run in orbit – unless a satellite launched on 3 July can give it a lifesaving boost ...

NASA Launches Daring Robotic Rescue Mission to Save Falling Swift Telescope

NASA is preparing a robotic rescue mission to boost the falling Swift telescope, test satellite servicing, and avoid a costly observatory replacement.

This satellite is falling towards Earth, so scientists hatched a plan to give it a lil' push

NASA and the commercial company Katalyst Space have concocted a plan to stop a powerful astrophysics satellite from hurtling towards Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
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Inside NASA's daring mission to rescue a falling space telescope

The Swift Observatory was launched into space in 2004 from what is now the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA is planning a first-of-its-kind mission to save the Swift Observatory from falling ...