Nasa's Swift satellite telescope heads for fiery re-entry 22 years after launch
<p>An aging Nasa satellite telescope that a robotic spacecraft was sent to retrieve on a failed rescue mission this summer was headed for a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 22 years after it was launched into orbit.</p> <p>The<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012835"> Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory</a>, weighing roughly 3,200 pou