NASA’s Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed – here’s why it’s so hard to boost a satellite

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 ...
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NASA is racing against time to save the Hubble Space Telescope

NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's ...

Maryland-built NASA instrument will help prepare for astronauts' return to the moon

Constructed in Prince George's County, LEMS will collect critical data to help NASA determine where it is safest to establish ...

NASA's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale

By Steve Gorman Nov 4 (Reuters) - NASA's Swift satellite telescope, which spent two decades studying the most powerful known blasts of energy in the cosmos, tumbled out of orbit as expected on ...

NASA navigation experiment shows promise for planetary landings

NASA has successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the ...
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NASA's Artemis II launch tore a hole in Earth's upper atmosphere so huge it disrupted GPS signals

"It could have a strong impact not only on self-driving cars but also on drone positioning." ...
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After Observing the Sky for 22 Years, a Beloved NASA Space Telescope Is Expected to Meet a Fiery Death This Week

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory launched in 2004 and detected thousands of astrophysical phenomena, leading to some huge ...

NASA Voyager 1 is about to break a huge record — here's when

After nearly 50 years, Voyager 1 is about to reach a milestone no spacecraft has ever hit. Once that happens, a simple data ...