Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift

High above the remote Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the northernmost part of Australia, an air-launched ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

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.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour goes on public display later this year

The spacecraft has been in LA since 2012, but now it's moving to a new permanent home at the California Science Center.

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...
Palisadian-Post

Space Shuttle Endeavour Creates Reason to Cross Town This Fall

The lights drop. Smoke rolls across the auditorium, the seats shudder and a five-minute film carries the room through Space Shuttle Endeavour’s last climb to orbit. Then the backdrop rises—and there ...
Tech Times

ISS Crew Launch on July 14 Hinges on a 6.5-Hour Spacewalk Starting Tomorrow

Soyuz MS-29 launch on July 14 is contingent on a 6.5-hour spacewalk Tuesday to replace Canadarm2’s failed wrist joint. Former ...
The Next Web

NASA hired a startup to catch its falling telescope

The NASA Swift telescope rescue sends a robotic spacecraft to grab the falling observatory and boost its orbit, a first-of-its-kind $30M mission.
SpaceEyeNews

NASA Swift Rescue Mission: A Robot Races to Save a Telescope

The NASA Swift rescue mission is not a normal launch story. NASA is not sending a new telescope into space. It is sending a robot to save an old one before Earth’s atmosphere slowly pulls it down. The ...

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

NASA is racing to save the Swift telescope from fiery reentry with a $30-million robotic rescue, launching a three-armed ...

NASA's $30 Million Mission To Save Telescope From Falling Back To Earth

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
Tech Times

Canadarm2 Repair Spacewalk Set for June 30: ISS Robotic Arm Gets New Wrist Joint

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will exit the ISS Quest airlock at 8:35 a.m. ET Monday to replace a wrist ...