WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — NASA ka kehna hai ke us ki Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory launch ke taqreeban 22 saal baad Budh ko Indonesia ke oopar atmosphere mein dakhil ho kar wapas Zameen par gir gayi hai.
NASA ke mutabiq US Space Force ne North Sumatra ke ilaqe ke oopar Eastern time ke mutabiq subah 7:39, yaani Pakistan mein shaam 5:39 baje, re-entry ki tasdeeq ki. NASA ko tawaqqo thi ke spacecraft ka zyadatar hissa girte hue jal jayega, lekin us ka kehna hai ke mumkin hai kuch parts bach gaye hon. Bayan mein kisi nuqsan ya zakhmi hone ka zikr nahin kiya gaya.
1,500 kilogram wazni yeh observatory is hafte ke aaghaz mein batayi gayi Friday ki tareekh se pehle hi gir gayi. Ise oonche orbit mein le jane ka commercial mission mansookh hone ke baad yeh bohat neeche aa gayi thi, aur us ke paas wapas oopar jane ke liye apna engine nahin tha.
2004 mein do saal ke mission ke liye launch ki gayi Swift ko kainat ke sab se taqatwar dhamakon, gamma-ray bursts, ko pakarne ke liye banaya gaya tha. Woh tezi se har dhamake ki taraf murti aur doosri observatories ko khabardar karti thi. Us ne do dahaiyon se zyada kaam kiya aur black holes, bharakte sitaron aur supernovae ka bhi mutalea kiya.



