#Space Mission

NASA has confirmed the end of the Swift telescope mission: the LINK rescue spacecraft failed in July 2026, and the observatory, which served for over 20 years, will burn up in the atmosphere in the coming weeks.

Bureaucracy over national flags affected both the 'Artemis II' mission and a film about an interplanetary expedition: aboard Orion the crew rearranged the flags, while clearing 17 flags for the movie's patch took weeks.

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have cancelled the Swift telescope rescue mission: the Link spacecraft lost control in late July due to reaction wheel failure. The observatory is expected to burn up in the atmosphere at the end of 2026.

On August 20, Katalyst Space and NASA abandoned the physical capture of the Swift observatory by the Link spacecraft due to attitude control system failures. A non-contact approach remains possible.