Liftoff! NASA's Roman Space Telescope soars to the stars on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in spectacular launch (video)
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30, ushering in a new era for astronomy and our understanding of the cosmos.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched from Florida today, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy. The observatory, named after the agency's first chief astronomer, traveled aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex-39A. The telescope will survey our Milky Way galaxy and uncover 20 billion stars, setting a record for the largest catalog of astronomical objects ever produced.
With its Wide Field Instrument (WFI), Roman will capture ultra-wide, high-definition images of the universe, while also incorporating the first active coronagraph to revolutionize exoplanet studies. Named after Nancy Grace Roman, who advocated for the Hubble Space Telescope, the Roman Space Telescope will study dark matter and dark energy, exoplanets, and capture views 100 times wider than those of its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.
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