Infographic: NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

  • Released Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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This infographic summarizes key aspects of NASA's Swift mission, from its instruments to scientific results gleaned from 20 years of operations. Swift is still going strong, and the observatory remains a key part of NASA’s strategy to monitor the changing sky with multiple telescopes using different approaches for studying the cosmos.

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This image and those that follow are drawings of the Swift spacecraft provided by Orbital Space Sciences Corporation. Units are in inches.Credit: Orbital Space Science Corp.

This image and those that follow are drawings of the Swift spacecraft provided by Orbital Space Sciences Corporation. Units are in inches.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
This page was last updated on Monday, November 18, 2024 at 1:21 PM EST.

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  • Swift 10th Anniversary (ID: 2014067)
    Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 5:00AM
    Produced by - Robert Crippen (NASA)