Irene Klotz
August 13, 2025

Swift telescop artist concept.

Credit: NASA

SALT LAKE CITY—NASA is commissioning 30-day studies to assess using emerging commercial space technology to reboost the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which hunts for gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and other high-energy phenomena from low Earth orbit. Launched in November 2004, the Swift…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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