# A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat — a schedule Science described as almost unheard of for a NASA mission

> NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent more than two decades watching for gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe.

- **Source:** [Spacedaily](https://spacedaily.com/t-a-space-telescope-that-has-spent-22-years-detecting-the-most-powerful-explosions-in-the-universe-is-now-falling-toward-earth-and-a-startup-in-arizona-built-its-rescue-craft-in-seven-months-flat/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a38e2bc20206aaddaa993cb)
- **Published:** 2026-06-22
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #robotics #nasa #arizona #explosions #powerful #space #spent #startup
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