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NASA’s 3,200-pound Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has plunged back to Earth after nearly 22 years in orbit, bringing an end to a mission that transformed scientists’ understanding of some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. The space telescope re-entered Earth's atmosphere over northern Sumatra, Indonesia, on November 4, 2026, after a failed attempt to save it from an uncontrolled descent.
OriginalA research satellite has fallen back to Earth after a rescue mission by the U.S. space agency NASA failed.
OriginalSwift had a pretty good 22-year run, but NASA wanted the scope to keep going even longer.
OriginalThe observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this…
OriginalSwift had a pretty good 22-year run, but NASA wanted the scope to keep going even longer.
OriginalThe observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this…
OriginalA defunct NASA space telescope is expected to plummet back to Earth sometime on Wednesday (local time).
OriginalAfter plans to save it failed, NASA's Swift telescope is hurtling back to Earth. Here's how to track its descent.
OriginalAn Otago based astronomer says it's a sad day as a half-a-billion-dollar satellite looks set to crash back to Earth.
OriginalThe Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, and is ‘unlikely’ to cause harm.
OriginalThe scientific satellite is expected to re-enter the atmosphere late Tuesday night, in a band near the equator that covers parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin…
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