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…

And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next

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