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A space telescope is falling out of space. This is NASA’s daring plan to save it.

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June 23, 2026

A space telescope is falling out of space. This is NASA’s daring plan to save it.

NASA’s Swift space observatory is falling out of orbit. A commercial company just built a spacecraft in 9 months to save it, but will the daring mission work?

Source: space.com , photo by Luiz Rogério Nunes on Unsplash