Lanzado en 2004 y sin sistema de propulsión propio, el observatorio Swift ha caído casi 200 kilómetros en dos décadas, hasta que una nave comercial intentará rescatarlo en pleno espacio.

NASA's Swift Observatory is in peril. A last minute mission to save it could make spaceflight history. Here's everything to know.

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…

NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission

CABO CAÑAVERAL, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — La NASA busca salvar un telescopio envejecido de observación espacial que está perdiendo altura con una audaz misión de rescate.

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

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And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next

“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.”

El observatorio se encuentra en peligro debido a que su órbita se está degradando rápidamente.

Un contrato de 30 millones de dólares busca evitar su regreso a la atmósfera de la Tierra y recuperar su capacidad ante eventos cósmicos urgentes

The Swift Observatory, launched in 2004, has been falling back to Earth due to recent higher-than-usual solar activity.

Después de 20 años explorando el universo, el telescopio Swift necesita ser rescatado para evitar su caída a la Tierra.

US space agency NASA is racing to save an aging telescope, used to observe cosmic explosions, from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

The daring rescue mission gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

A salvage operation is set to launch as early as Tuesday to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit.

NASA pregătește o misiune fără precedent pentru a salva observatorul spațial Swift, aflat în pericol de a reintra în atmosfera Pământului din cauza scăderii continue a orbitei,…

NASA is preparing to launch a daring mission to save a precious space telescope from plunging back to Earth.

NASA is executing an unprecedented, first-of-its-kind rescue mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a highly successful 21-year-old space telescope that is rapidly…

The NASA Swift telescope rescue sends a robotic spacecraft to grab the falling observatory and boost its orbit, a first-of-its-kind $30M mission.

La intensa actividad solar puso en riesgo al telescopio Swift, que podría caer de forma descontrolada. La NASA prepara una misión inédita para intentar salvarlo.