A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

The NASA Swift Boost mission has launched from Marshall Islands on July 3 at 4:36AM Eastern time after a couple of delays, ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of ...

The spacecraft will use its thrusters to gradually lift the telescope, reducing the risk of damage during the maneuver.

Flagstaff-based Katalyst Space Technologies launched a spacecraft to capture and boost NASA’s Swift telescope, keeping it in orbit and operating.

The Swift telescope has been affected by recent solar storms and is sinking faster than ever, heading toward Earth. A NASA ...

NASA has launched the LINK spacecraft on a mission to rendezvous with the aging Swift observatory and boost it into a higher ...

This week Ars hosted a live discussion with two space industry experts about the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion of ...

A private rocket mission aims to boost NASA’s Swift telescope before its orbit decays, extending its hunt for gamma-ray ...

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will ...