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Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth thanks to solar storms

A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth.

NASA Rushes to Rescue a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will ...

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 ...

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 prepares to launch an unprecedented mission to save a dying space telescope

A rocket will drop from the plane, then ascend to deliver a spacecraft called LINK to low-Earth orbit. LINK’s mission is to ...

A Rescue Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit

A refrigerator-size spacecraft will try to grab onto Swift and nudge it to a higher orbit, enabling it to continue observing powerful cosmic explosions.
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NASA’s Roman telescope reached Florida eight months early to map billions of galaxies

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 21, 2026, nearly eight months ...
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NASA rushed a mission to save its 3,200-pound Swift telescope from falling to Earth

NASA is racing to prevent its 3,200-pound Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth’s atmosphere after the observatory’s ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman telescope arrives at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has arrived at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a late summer launch. See the ...