{"id":602588,"date":"2026-08-23T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602588\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:34:08","slug":"a-nasa-telescope-is-slowly-plummeting-to-earth-and-theres-no-way-to-save-it-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602588\/","title":{"rendered":"A NASA telescope is slowly plummeting to earth and there&#039;s no way to save it &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQZEliQzljMm94NnJkb19aTXZCT2dDckZOZVlhVEd2bFhEeG5qcHg1NEY3VzI5T1pjZUVla25PZjhSQk9ISEtrRWM2WUZVTE9SYjRjbXNoNWVLSE42UEZoZmNXT1RJdkxXSmxFVklqemNEek8xZXVWbGZCTXVBT1VjRTBOemR4WG9rOV9jNnl5b1dERUlvMkFUbGhjaV9hdkdNSnFidGhNTHBVUEUxMkFEazFJOW54bWMwcC1hWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A NASA telescope is slowly plummeting to earth and there&#8217;s no way to save it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNVl9zajVkTXpSbDhHaEVYY3hENjF3dmJiOG1EdzRJVVdvOXhlY0RhUnpubTdKeTNkM1hrSmlrcmJPcWRyUWFUc2JHR3pSenRPUzBGUEh1Wlc3V0kxRzBNbTVJVzVLWWNBNHdka29XMzZRenZvendnUTRsRXp1N1YxMncyRFU0eDhVamxaVlVUQ1g2WDBMME9kag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NASA (.gov)<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQZFhmNFlkSlEzdFJ3WXdIYzJaUDltNk4wUGhyTjRTVGowaFpaR0hDMEZ5TERhcDlaNjZwc0drVTJwUWtqSWh2a2JBUVcxMzBqalRJbTVpU3hhMG1KdHdleFc3ZFdKcWxmRk1tOUhDYlJnMDgyR2E0OGlubVNKdzk5dnpXbXBBcjRaSUg5ZjdTNGhpR1BjTDJINmJabW9lQmhBRnZyTmZ5dXdRVDN4ZVJkajBwckFxMjE1WkNj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rescue mission called off for Nasa\u2019s ageing Swift space telescope<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxNMEpydEphcHBJYnZvdkRrN0FNNkhQd0U3NUE0TTZWeV9mcUZoemFmVjdleDRuaHpmWHF2aGZWVzItMDQ2YlBSb29sS2U2UlF3WW5mNVZxNzBiTm94UTlhNnBjaFNiVy1FN2JRbVFoWXVaclRyMGxwSDV5aUtvWnk0LXU5VVVHNkg3NkxNWHB4VC1pZjFlSXkxTmF6M2ZxanhCNkRCOE1HbW51LXdYQTc3UU9VLWtGajdmZzlvZzVQS1AzRjBJUDZmbnU0alRLckFiREo4NQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA Swift Observatory Projected for Atmospheric Re-entry Following Unsuccessful Orbital Servicing Attempt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;satnews.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTFA2aWFZaHRvZGNZX1dLdW1lVDd6UDNfVzZLNlphZWdJQzdWOGdGYlpRRTJYNFRrVDNJZVdKbmNCVWVTX1BlSnhHSjItOWRoeHZCZ3FfR25lSVhMTzdSNzBRaEk4ZkczVUVfWHNpdg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA is throwing in the towel on saving the Swift spacecraft<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Mashable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NASA telescope is slowly plummeting to earth and there&#8217;s no way to save it&nbsp;&nbsp;NPRNASA Updates Next Steps&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-602588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}