Nasa abandons $30 million plan to save ageing Swift space telescope after rescue craft malfunctions

Nasa's ambitious attempt to save its ageing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has come to an unexpected end after the spacecraft sent to perform the rescue developed problems of its own. The agency had partnered with Katalyst Space Technologies to launch LINK, a robotic servicing spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Swift, capture the observatory and push it into a higher orbit, extending its scientific life.

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