NASA's Swift space telescope mission ends with fiery reentry expected

NASA's Swift observatory, a 2004 spacecraft, is ending operations and headed for reentry, with coverage describing it as leaving behind a scientific bonanza. Items 5 and 6 concern an unrelated UN Somalia mission closure.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct, 11:25 UTCFirst appeared on Free Malaysia Today
2. 31 Oct, 15:50 UTCPicked up on Google Trends
3. 31 Oct, 15:50 UTCNASA Science reports Swift mission ends
4. 31 Oct, 15:50 UTCThe Register reports fiery reentry of Swift

Top sources

• nasa swift observatory reentering earthGoogle Trends
• Space telescope with deep Tucson ties is about to meet a fiery endArizona Daily Star
• Swift operations end: 2004 spacecraft headed for fiery reentryThe Register
• UN closes Somalia mission, ending three decades of political engagementAl Jazeera
• UN ends its Somalia political mission after 3 decadesFree Malaysia Today