{"id":117958,"date":"2026-06-29T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/nasas-ageing-telescope-in-space-is-falling-towards-earth-now-a-robot-is-being-sent-to-rescue-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:35:51","slug":"nasas-ageing-telescope-in-space-is-falling-towards-earth-now-a-robot-is-being-sent-to-rescue-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/nasas-ageing-telescope-in-space-is-falling-towards-earth-now-a-robot-is-being-sent-to-rescue-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasa&#8217;s ageing telescope in space is falling towards Earth. Now a robot is being sent to rescue it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is partnering with startup Katalyst Space Technologies to launch a groundbreaking mission to save its aging Swift Gamma-ray burst explorer. This innovative rescue operation, set to begin soon, aims to boost Swift&#8217;s orbit and extend its scientific life, potentially revolutionizing satellite servicing and paving the way for future missions, including a possible life extension for the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is partnering with startup Katalyst Space Technologies to launch a groundbreaking mission to save its aging Swift Gamma-ray burst explorer. This innovative rescue operation, set to begin soon, aims to boost Swift&#8217;s orbit and extend its scientific life, potentially revolutionizing satellite servicing and paving the way for future missions, including a possible life extension&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/nasas-ageing-telescope-in-space-is-falling-towards-earth-now-a-robot-is-being-sent-to-rescue-it\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nasa&#8217;s ageing telescope in space is falling towards Earth. Now a robot is being sent to rescue it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}