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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift Observatory

NASA Calls Off Mission To Rescue The Falling Swift Observatory

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter and burn up in the Earth's atmosphere later this year, after NASA has aborted the mission meant to tug it back up to a higher orbit.

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NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off

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NASA's mission to save Swift Observatory fails. Here's what went wrong

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Nasa fails to save Swift space telescope – and it will now plunge to Earth

Nasa has given up on trying to save a troubled space telescope and it will now plunge back down to Earth.

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NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

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NASA will no longer attempt to save its aging Swift space telescope

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$30 million mission to save NASA's Swift telescope fails

A rescue spacecraft named LINK, which was designed by private company Katalyst Space, launched on July 3 with the aim of raising the falling observatory to a higher orbit.

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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift Observatory after technical hiccups

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NASA abandons mission to save Swift Observatory from a fiery death

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NASA taps Georgia Tech for $10.5 million push to build the space workforce

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NASA shares first images of SpaceX moon crash site

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NASA pulls off daring trick to keep Voyager 2 alive

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NASA calls off attempt to move Swift space telescope into a safer orbit

NASA partnered with Katalyst Space Technologies in an attempt to launch LINK, a robot spacecraft designed to rescue the Swift telescope, into orbit. The vehicle blasted off from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on July 3, 2026, launching on board a Pegasus XL rocket.

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Photos show aftermath of an 8,000 pound rocket body hitting the moon

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