NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth
- A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, as the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled.
- The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.
- The unprecedented $30 million dollar mission attempted to send a robot to grab the telescope and move it farther into orbit.
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- A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, as the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled.
- The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.
- The unprecedented $30 million dollar mission attempted to send a robot to grab the telescope and move it farther into orbit.
Sources: France 24