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 planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
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Swift space telescope is falling to Earth: NASA launches rescue mission

NASA is preparing an unusual mission to save one of its most productive observatories before it runs out of time. The NASA satellite Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which was launched in 2004,
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NASA launches ambitious mission to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth

Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. Photo: NASA