NASA Cancels Swift Telescope Rescue Mission After Spacecraft Spins Out
NASA and Katalyst Space have called off a high-stakes $30 million rescue mission for the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the LINK rescue spacecraft suffered uncontrollable spinning in low Earth orbit. The telescope is now expected to fall back into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up later this year. Technical Failures Derail First-of-Its-Kind Space Rescue … Read more