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NASA to send spacecraft to stop telescope from falling to Earth
short by Soheib Ahsan / on Monday, 22 June, 2026
NASA is preparing to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it falls back to the Earth as its orbit has been decaying. NASA will send a spacecraft to dock with the three-telescope space observatory and lift it into a higher, safer orbit. It is set to be launched on June 27 on a Pegasus XL rocket.