NASA's Swift Mission Gets a Boost

  • Released Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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NASA is on a mission to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory along with partners Katalyst Space and Northrop Grumman. Watch to get a sneak peek.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst Space/Northrop Grumman

Music credits:

“All or Nothing,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Universal Production Music

“Time to Rise,” Charles Maurice Blunt [ASCAP], Steve Joseph Samson [SOCAN], and Andi Vax [PRS], Universal Production Music

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NASA is on a mission to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory along with partners Katalyst Space and Northrop Grumman. Watch to get a sneak peek.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst Space/Northrop Grumman

Music credits:

“All or Nothing,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Universal Production Music

“Time to Rise,” Charles Maurice Blunt [ASCAP], Steve Joseph Samson [SOCAN], and Andi Vax [PRS], Universal Production Music

These artist’s concepts show NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer aircraft deploying one of the company’s Pegasus XL rockets, Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing Spacecraft, and then LINK rendezvousing and boosting Swift.

Credit: Katalyst Space

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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