NASA to Launch Rescue Mission June 30 to Save Swift Space Telescope

NASA is launching a rescue mission on June 30 using the final flight of a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket.

The mission will send the LINK satellite, built by Katalyst Space Technologies, to grapple the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and tow it to a stable orbit. Swift, launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts…