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  "id": 3983997,
  "title": "SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30: How to watch it live",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-launching-nasas-roman-space-telescope-on",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Space.com",
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    "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-launching-nasas-roman-space-telescope-on-aug-30-how-to-watch-it-live"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA's next great space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is set to launch on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch will be carried out on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Live coverage of the event will be available on Space.com starting at 6:20 a.m. EDT.\n\nPrior to the launch, several prelaunch briefings and press conferences will take place on Saturday, Aug. 29. The science briefing, scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT, will delve into the telescope's ambitious goals, such as discovering thousands of exoplanets and providing new insights into dark matter and dark energy. A prelaunch press conference will follow at 10:30 a.m. EDT, with experts discussing the mission's readiness. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is expected to perform a flyby of the telescope and rocket during the press conference.\n\nOn Sunday, Aug. 30, the actual launch will be the main event. After the launch, a post-launch briefing led by key personnel will be held at 9:30 a.m. EDT. They will likely discuss the upcoming 30-day journey of the telescope to its deep-space location at the sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2.",
  "summary": "NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket early Sunday morning (Aug. 30). Here's how to watch it live.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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