For more than two decades, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy's fastest cosmic first responders. The space telescope has detected thousands of powerful gamma-ray bursts, monitored exploding stars and helped scientists study some of the universe's most extreme phenomena.

A successful rescue of the Swift space observatory could be a good omen for the Hubble Space Telescope.

La NASA prepara una misión de rescate para evitar que el telescopio espacial Swift caiga a la Tierra. Una nave robótica intentará capturarlo y elevar su órbita antes de que sea…

For more than two decades, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy's fastest cosmic first responders. The space telescope has detected thousands of…

For more than two decades, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy’s fastest responders, detecting powerful cosmic explosions and alerting telescopes…

NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.

A mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift observatory is poised for launch June 30.

De Swift-telescoop, in 2004 gelanceerd, heeft zoveel hoogte verloren dat NASA in sneltempo een redding op touw moest zetten.