Irene Klotz
September 28, 2025

SYDNEY, Australia—Startup Katalyst Space has won a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract worth $30 million from NASA to attempt to save a space telescope from re-entering the atmosphere. Without a boost in altitude, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to fall from orbit in…

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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