“I have to be honest. No one thought it was going to be possible. No one thought we would get as far as we’ve already gotten today.”

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