This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing.Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP
NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity.