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Last update: 7 hours agoSpace Rescue From the Marshall Islands: NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is getting a last-chance boost after a three-armed robot, LINK, launched into orbit Friday from the Marshall Islands on a Pegasus XL rocket’s final flight, aiming to catch and raise the aging telescope’s orbit over the next month and return it to science by September. Tech & Industry: The $30 million mission, built by Arizona’s Katalyst Space Technologies and launched by Northrop Grumman, is designed to prove commercial robotic servicing for satellites not originally meant to be captured in space. Risk Watch: Swift’s orbit is decaying faster due to recent solar storms, and NASA says the rescue window closes around October if the capture and boost don’t work. Pacific Weather Alert: Separately, “super typhoon” Bavi is threatening US Pacific islands, with residents in Guam and the Northern Marianas boarding up and preparing for tropical-storm conditions.
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