Saturday, 4 July, 2026
Orbital Tow Truck: Private Spacecraft Launches to Rescue Sinking NASA Telescope
By TechShots Studio
NASA has successfully launched a $30 million rescue mission to save its aging, 22-year-old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Deployed mid-air from a Pegasus XL rocket, Katalyst Space Technologies’ robotic LINK spacecraft is now en route to intercept the engine-less space telescope. LINK will use three robotic arms to grapple the observatory and boost it to a higher, stable orbit.
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