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NASA launches Swift Boost mission to rescue space telescope

NASA successfully launched its mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory on July 3, just over nine months after ...

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

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 ...