NASA Axes LINK Rescue Mission to Save Swift Space Telescope

NASA announced that the mission had been canceled earlier this week, due to an 'attitude control issue.' NASA first reported issues with the spacecraft, including it spinning out of control, at the end of July. NASA has canceled its recent mission to save one of its key space observatories from falling to Earth. Swift, which launched in 2004, captures data about gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which can…