Nasa turns to robotic spacecraft to save telescope from falling back to Earth

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Nasa turns to robotic spacecraft to save telescope from falling back to Earth #836633 Mon 29 Jun 2026 05:27:AM
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 800,656 Los Angeles, USA	Nasa turns to robotic spacecraft to save telescope from falling back to Earth Nasa is racing to save an ageing telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The US$30 million salvage operation gets under way as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. Nasa hired start-up Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off from an atoll in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358714/nasa-turns-robotic-spacecraft-save-telescope-falling-back-earth?utm_source=rss_feed