Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control

NASA's rescue mission for the Swift Observatory has encountered a serious setback. The Katalyst LINK spacecraft, launched earlier this month to boost the satellite into stable orbit, experienced attitude control failures, causing it to spin out of control, according to Boing Boing. The spacecraft is now experiencing only sporadic communications.

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