NASA’s aging Swift telescope, launched in 2004, is plummeting faster than expected, prompting a $30 million rescue mission to send up the satellite Link for a critical boost. But Link’s own troubles—thruster failures causing it to spin out of control just three weeks after launch—are jeopardizing the mission, cutting off vital communications as it races to rendezvous with Swift before the telescope re-enters Earth’s atmosphere this fall. Despite the chaos, Katalyst Space Technologies insists Link’s core systems are intact and is working around the clock to fix it, while NASA and the team stay hopeful they can pull off this high-stakes cosmic rescue.
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