Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails
A mission to rescue Nasa’s ageing Swift observatory in space was cancelled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that was launched to tug the satellite to a higher orbit suffered irredeemable technical issues in space, the rescue craft’s owner, Katalyst Space, said. Katalyst’s Link craft was launched in early July to approach the observatory, also known as Swift, some 347km (216 miles) in space,…
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