Euronews • July 3, 2026 14:52

NASA sends robot into orbit to stop telescope crashing to Earth

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Swift has been circling Earth for 21 years. Without a rescue mission assembled in just nine months, it would burn up by October.

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Thu 16:20 - Washington Examiner

NASA rocket launch failure delays space telescope rescue mission

Fri 10:28 - BBC Headlines

Nasa launches mission to save falling space telescope

Fri 12:23 - Sky News (UK)

Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth

Fri 14:52 - Euronews

NASA sends robot into orbit to stop telescope crashing to Earth

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10:28

Nasa launches mission to save falling space telescope

A Nasa-funded robot has blasted off to catch a falling telescope in mid-orbit and blast it back to safety before it burns up.

Sky News (UK)

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12:23

Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth

A spacecraft has blasted into orbit on a mission to rescue a NASA telescope that is at risk of crashing back to Earth.

Washington Examiner

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16:20

NASA rocket launch failure delays space telescope rescue mission

NASA’s attempt to save an aging space telescope from falling back to Earth was delayed Thursday after a launch issue scrubbed the first-of-its-kind rescue mission. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, …