NASA to launch rescue mission June 30 to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
via space.com
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An air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket is scheduled to fly for the very last time early Tuesday morning (June 30), sending a private spacecraft on a rescue mission to save one of NASA’s most iconic space telescopes from falling back to Earth. The Swift Boost mission will send the LINK satellite, built by Arizona-based […]