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Link’s Last Dance with Swift | Monroe Louisiana News
A daring but doomed rescue mission: the private spacecraft Link, built in a rush and running low on fuel after orbital woes, came within nine miles of NASA’s aging Swift Observatory—aiming to extend its life. Though it captured images and gathered data before its inevitable fiery reentry, the mission was already canceled months prior. NASA paid $30 million for the experiment, viewing it as a necessary risk to push space tech forward. Swift, launched in 2004, is now set to plunge back to Earth by year’s end due to solar storms. The company behind Link is already eyeing Hubble for future…
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