En un intento por evitar el final de dos décadas de investigación de rayos gamma, la NASA intentó un rescate con una empresa privada.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.

Swift launched in 2004 to study powerful explosions such as gamma-ray bursts and other cosmic objects and phenomena.