Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control

Katalyst's LINK craft lost two of three reaction wheels while trying to boost NASA's Swift Observatory into a stable orbit.

NASA's mission to rescue a satellite falling out of orbit suffered a setback when the rescue craft experienced multiple failures. NASA launched Katalyst's LINK spacecraft earlier this month on a mission to boost the Swift Observatory into a stable orbit.

In a blog post, NASA announced that "Katalyst's LINK servicing spacecraft experienced issues with att…