NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore hidden universe
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-fire-power Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1.6 million kilometers…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has launched its latest flagship mission, the Roman Space Telescope, on a quest to probe the universe's hidden secrets. The $4.3 billion telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, embarked on its journey aboard a powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, just hours after dawn broke.
Roman's destination is a vantage point 1.6 million kilometers away, the same location as its sister observatory, the Webb Space Telescope. The telescope, which is roughly the size of a bus, will require over three months to reach its final orbit. Upon arrival, Roman will embark on an unprecedented survey of the cosmos, uncovering supernovae, thousands of planets, billions of galaxies, and stars in an unprecedented speed and breadth.
According to NASA's science mission director Nicky Fox, "It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars. It’s going to be able to do things that we’ve never been able to do before with its massive field of view."
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