Reuters
• Joey Roulette, Steve Gorman
NASA launches robotic LINK mission with Katalyst to rendezvous with and boost the aging Swift space telescope to avoid uncontrol
NASA has launched the LINK spacecraft to rendezvous with the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, using new robotic grappling technology to raise it to a higher orbit before reentry. The mission follows a launch partnership with Katalyst and is designed to avert the observatory’s potential descent to Earth.
