NASA's Swift Space Telescope to Crash Back to Earth After Failed Rescue Mission

Summary

NASA's Swift space telescope is set to crash back to Earth after a private rescue mission by Katalyst Space Technologies failed due to attitude-control issues with their robotic spacecraft, LINK. The observatory, which studied gamma-ray bursts for two decades, is expected to reenter the atmosphere no sooner than October, with some components likely to survive but posing a low risk of harm on the ground.