NASA aims to save a sinking space telescope with a rendezvous in orbit

NASA on Tuesday plans to launch a mission to save its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. A spacecraft is expected to push the ...

NASA prepares to launch daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope falling back to Earth

NASA launched a mission on Friday, local time, to try to prevent one of its aging telescopes from burning up in the ...

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope in danger of crashing back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of ...