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The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope is tumbling out of control
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Tim Fernholz
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A NASA-contracted spacecraft designed to boost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher orbit is currently tumbling out of control. Engineers are attempting to stabilize the craft after multiple reaction wheel failures and thruster issues occurred shortly after launch.
A Katalyst Space robot launched to grab onto a space telescope and raise it to a higher orbit is now tumbling out of control, NASA and the company said today.
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