In the silence between stars, a rescue satellite drew close to NASA's failing telescope this week—not to save it, but to confirm what time and space had already decided. The mission succeeded in every technical measure while the telescope itself remained beyond reach, a reminder that human ingenuity can close the distance but cannot always reverse the damage. What was gathered in that rendezvous—data, lessons, hard-won understanding—will now travel forward into the design of future rescues not yet imagined.