The reentry of NASA's dead Swift space telescope is the end of an era for rapid-response space science.

A NASA telescope burned up in Earth's atmosphere Wednesday after a failed rescue left it tottering in orbit. A few pieces may have survived the reentry over Indonesia.

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory fell to a fiery end early Wednesday nearly 22 years after it launched.

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is falling to its fiery end early Wednesday nearly 22 years after it launched.