# A truck-sized NASA space telescope is about to crash to Earth

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:17:55+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/science/1025227/nasa-swift-observatory-falling-to-earth
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/a-truck-sized-nasa-space-telescope-is-about-to-crash-to-earth-e56a56/

Almost 22 years after it was launched, NASA's Swift Observatory is now about to fall back to Earth on Wednesday after attempts to push it back into a higher orbit failed. NASA announced that the aging space telescope is anticipated to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30AM ET (give or take 11 hours), and that […]

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