NASA calls off Swift Observatory rescue mission after LINK spacecraft failure

The orbital rescue attempt was abandoned on Wednesday when the LINK craft entered an uncontrollable spin.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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NASA announced on Wednesday that the mission to save the Swift space telescope from burning up in the atmosphere has failed because the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. ^[7]