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NASA primes the Roman Space Telescope for a late-summer liftoff

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NASA primes the Roman Space Telescope for a late-summer liftoff
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NASA has fueled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for its Aug. 30 liftoff aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, nine months ahead of schedule and under budget. The hydrazine-fueled observatory is expected to generate over 500 terabytes of data per year and features a Wide Field Instrument that can image the infrared sky 50 times wider than JWST, enabling studies of dark matter, dark energy, and thousands of supernovae while guiding JWST's future targets. Roman will reach and operate at the L2 point powered by its propellant.

Topics:science#infrared-astronomy#lagrange-point-2#nasa#roman-space-telescope#space#spacex-falcon-heavy
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