NASA telescope doomed after Flagstaff company’s rescue attempt fails
📍 How it ended
NASA abandoned its effort to save the Swift telescope, confirming that the spacecraft will descend toward Earth. The rescue attempt by a Flagstaff‑based company and a Colorado‑made spacecraft failed, and the mission officially ended in failure.
No further attempts to salvage the observatory were reported.
Epilogue added 17d ago, after coverage quieted.
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NASA-Funded Mission to Rescue a Falling Space Telescope Officially Ends in Failure Smithsonian Magazine · 77d ago broke it first
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