# A Never-Before-Attempted Space Telescope Rescue Is LaunchingThis Week

> Since 2004, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been a unique eye on the brightest and most energetic kind of celestial explosions in our universe: gamma-ray bursts.

- **Source:** [Iflscience](https://www.iflscience.com/nasas-swift-space-telescope-is-crashing-down-to-earth-an-ambitious-mission-launching-this-week-will-try-to-save-it-83876?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a39698037eaa7f345575fd9)
- **Published:** 2026-06-22
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #rescue #attempted #before #launchingthis #never #space #telescope #atmosphere
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