How space and Earth weather influenced this NASA mission
Andrea Rainone
ByAndrea Rainone•
July 8, 2026Updated: July 8, 2026, 1:07 pm EDTPublished: July 8, 2026, 12:43 pm EDT

Recent solar storms have dragged NASA's Swift satellite toward Earth faster than normal, prompting a first-of-its-kind rescue mission that launched Friday. A robotic spacecraft called LINK is now on its way to grab Swift and boost it to a safer orbit. See how weather both on Earth and in space became part of the story.

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