“We've known this day would come since before Swift was launched. At least in low-Earth orbit, what goes up must come down. And that end is catastrophic.”

The Independent · Oct 31 · NASA's Swift telescope plunges to Earth after failed robotic rescue

“Our fervent hope is that the lessons learned by the successes of Swift can be applied to new generations of space missions to accelerate our discoveries about the universe.”

The Independent · Oct 31 · NASA's Swift telescope plunges to Earth after failed robotic rescue