NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it?

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• How a robot could save NASA’s aging Swift space observatory Yahoo · 1d ago
• Pegasus Launch Set to Deploy Servicer Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory Via Satellite · 1d ago
• How Virginia powered a 1st-of-its kind space telescope rescue mission vadogwood.com · 1d ago
• Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission NASA Science (.gov) · 1d ago
• This Weekend, a Startup's Robot Launches to Rescue the Swift Space Telescope extremetech.com · 1d ago
• NASA to save Swift spacecraft from plunging back to Earth EarthSky · 1d ago
• NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it? Space · 1d ago broke it first

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