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NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Sunday at 7:26 a.m. EDT. The infrared telescope now begins a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, carrying a Wide-Field Instrument and a Coronagraphic Instrument.

Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman pairs a large field of […]

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