NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The salvage effort gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

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.

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

And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next