{"id":86597,"date":"2026-06-28T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nasa-prepares-to-launch-daring-rescue-to-save-aging-telescope-from-falling-to-earth\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:19:56","slug":"nasa-prepares-to-launch-daring-rescue-to-save-aging-telescope-from-falling-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nasa-prepares-to-launch-daring-rescue-to-save-aging-telescope-from-falling-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA prepares to launch daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p>The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.<\/p>\n<p>NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift Observatory<\/a> to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe&#8217;s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off from an atoll in the Pacific&#8217;s Marshall Islands aboard an airplane-launched Pegasus rocket. Liftoff could occur as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It needs to get to a higher, more stable orbit as soon as possible to survive.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-hubble-telescope-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a><\/span> \u2014 also at risk \u2014 could be next.<\/p>\n<p>Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one flare after another. Katalyst Space CEO Ghonhee Lee said his company&#8217;s next-generation robot, still in development, could save the day for the much bigger Hubble in a couple years.<\/p>\n<p>Only China has attempted a mission like the upcoming one, successfully boosting a satellite into a higher graveyard orbit four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first American space robot to go up and do anything like this,&#8221; Lee told The Associated Press. &#8220;NASA has all these big senior observatories \u2026 all of them can benefit from a service like this. So what we&#8217;re proving with this mission is this is a new play in the playbook that&#8217;s available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/28\/5c4c0206-4bc3-4828-b0f0-9a24a1402039\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e8b6d9292b67deb8c7ec8189f9ad43db\/ap26176706630967.jpg#\" alt=\"Satellite Rescue Mission \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/28\/5c4c0206-4bc3-4828-b0f0-9a24a1402039\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e8b6d9292b67deb8c7ec8189f9ad43db\/ap26176706630967.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/28\/5c4c0206-4bc3-4828-b0f0-9a24a1402039\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/67b9115999a92b2e40fd1c69efab1aa4\/ap26176706630967.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A spacecraft inside the Space Environment Simulator at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Sophia Roberts\/NASA via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It will take Katalyst&#8217;s autonomous spacecraft, named Lift, about a month to rendezvous with Swift and catch it, and another couple months to raise its orbit from the current 224 miles to the desired 373 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.6-ton gamma ray observatory must be above 185 miles for the rescue to work. It&#8217;s expected to reach that point of no return in October, according to the latest estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly the size of a small kitchen refrigerator with a 40-foot solar wingspan, Lift sports three arms with a reach of just over 3 feet. Each arm has two finger-like pinching grippers that resemble the hands of a Lego mini figure.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes well, Swift could be back in business by September, according to Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Swift was never designed to be repaired, let alone retrieved by hands \u2014 human or otherwise. That&#8217;s what makes this so challenging, according to company officials, who stress there is no guarantee it will work.<\/p>\n<p>NASA signed a contract with Katalyst last September with only two requests: It has to be a rush job, but please don&#8217;t make things worse. Nine months later, the company is ready to rumble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to be honest. No one thought it was going to be possible. No one thought we would get as far as we&#8217;ve already gotten today,&#8221; said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, NASA&#8217;s astrophysics director.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has bought a little more time for Swift, turning off all scientific instruments to slow its descent. Observations ceased in February.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s science mission chief Nicky Fox said it&#8217;s worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we let Swift reenter, we would lose that telescope. We would lose a lot of capability,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t currently have the budget to build another one to replace that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While everything cannot be saved in space, Swift is special, said Domagal-Goldman.<\/p>\n<p>True to its name, Swift is designed to pivot quickly to capture late-breaking astronomical events such as gamma ray bursts and exploding stars. With more discoveries expected by the Webb Space Telescope and soon-to-launch Roman Space Telescope, Swift, if saved, would be busier than ever as &#8220;NASA&#8217;s first responder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Katalyst sees Swift as the jumping-off point for a new repair business in space. The company&#8217;s next-generation robotic rescuer, scheduled to fly next year, will tackle satellites as high as 22,300 miles up. 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