Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

(AP) — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific.

The Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified airplane, putting Link on […] ...