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Swift Telescope Rescue Mission Ends | Eau Claire News
NASA’s last-ditch effort to save the aging Swift space telescope has been scrapped after Katalyst Space Technologies’ rescue spacecraft, Link, failed to stabilize and couldn’t perform its critical maneuvers. Despite a $30 million investment and heroic attempts to extend Swift’s 20-year mission tracking cosmic explosions, the telescope is now doomed for atmospheric re-entry after October. The mission, hampered by solar flares and Link’s uncontrollable spin, still yielded valuable lessons for future space rescues — especially as Hubble faces similar orbital decay. Though Swift’s science…
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