NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope

Wired·August 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.

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