8/20/2026
The Chart Room

Private mission to save NASA's Swift space telescope fails

Filed by Dana Graviton
Private mission to save NASA's Swift space telescope fails
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
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