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The National Park Service has issued an extreme heat watch for the Grand Canyon’s inner canyon, predicting 105–110+ degree conditions at the bottom. Officials are urging hikers to avoid mid-day trails as several heat-related incidents have already occurred, with fatalities reported on Kaibab trails. Fire danger is rising nearby amid dry conditions.
NASA and partners are pursuing a high‑risk salvage to boost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher, stable orbit. A Katalyst Space Technologies robot will capture Swift and lift it from 224 miles to about 373 miles, extending its life as solar activity threatens its destruction in October.
Three federally deployed wildland firefighters have died while battling fast-moving wildfires in Colorado and Utah. Two others were injured after shelter injuries as the Knowles, Gore, and Snyder Mesa fires merge, highlighting questions around a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service and the push for full suppression.
Northrop Grumman’s Link spacecraft is set to rendezvous with NASA’s Swift Observatory to boost its orbit and continue gamma-ray burst research. The mission has moved from development to active salvage, with liftoff already occurred and Link nearing Swift to secure a higher, stable orbit.