Posted on November 5, 2026, 3:40 pm By professorrosado
Research More At iKnowdle!NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth. NASA ended the telescope’s mission three days later, because Swift had sunk so low that drag from the thin air there meant its telescopes couldn’t hold steady.
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