SECTIONS NASA's Roman telescope set · Space · 2026-08-30
NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission
NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission. The state-of-the-art observatory is scheduled to launch from Florida at 7:26 am (1126 GMT) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Designed to take a panoramic view of the vast reaches of space, the Roman Space Telescope "will help unlock the secrets of the universe," US President Donald Trump said Friday. NASA is preparing to launch its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics. "It will be the biggest catalog of astronomical objects anybody
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