The American telescope fell to earth after the US elections NASA's Swift space telescope, launched about 22 years ago, which experts tried unsuccessfully to save earlier this year, ended its fall to earth the day after the midterm elections in the United States. As reported by the US space agency, most of the device burned up in the atmosphere, but some fragments could fall to the surface of the Earth. According to NASA, Swift entered Earth's atmosphere at 7:39 a.m. Eastern Time (EST). It happened in the sky over the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. ◾ "NASA expects that most of the device burned up during its passage through the atmosphere, but individual components could have survived," the American agency noted, without specifying where and when they could have fallen. According to CNN, NASA previously estimated the risk to people from the device falling at "1 person in 2,100 people". Modern devices are subject to "1 in 10,000" requirements, noted analyst Patrick Vishick in a conversation with the channel. According to him, in such calculations we are talking about the risk of death, and not just about injury. ◾ Attempts to save the space telescope, which has helped scientists explore the universe since 2004, began in the summer, but they were unsuccessful. Experts sent another instrument to Swift, but it ended up spinning, and the telescope's trajectory didn't change enough to avoid falling to Earth ◾.

The American telescope fell to earth after the US elections NASA's Swift space telescope, launched about 22 years ago, which experts tried unsuccessfully to save earlier this year, ended its fall to earth the day after the midterm elections in the United States. As reported by the US space agency, most of the device burned up in the atmosphere, but some fragments could fall to the surface of the Earth. According to NASA, Swift entered Earth's atmosphere at 7:39 a.m. Eastern Time (EST). It happened in the sky over the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. ◾ "NASA expects that most of the device burned up during its passage through the atmosphere, but individual components could have survived," the American agency noted, without specifying where and when they could have fallen. According to CNN, NASA previously estimated the risk to people from the device falling at "1 person in 2,100 people". Modern devices are subject to "1 in 10,000" requirements, noted analyst Patrick Vishick in a conversation with the channel. According to him, in such calculations we are talking about the risk of death, and not just about injury. ◾ Attempts to save the space telescope, which has helped scientists explore the universe since 2004, began in the summer, but they were unsuccessful. Experts sent another instrument to Swift, but it ended up spinning, and the telescope's trajectory didn't change enough to avoid falling to Earth ◾.