A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat — ...

spacedaily.com/t-a-space-telescope-that...-its-rescue-craft-in-seven-months-flatNASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent more than two decades watching for gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. It is now sinking towards the atmosphere, and the plan to save it is about to leave the ground. The agency has hired Katalyst Space Technologies, a startup in Flagstaff, Arizona, to fly […]

The post A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat — a schedule Science described as almost unheard of for a NASA mission appeared first on Space Daily.