Roman Space Telescope nears liftoff with wide-field mission ahead
TL;DR
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope sits in a Kennedy Space Center clean room ahead of its Aug. 30 liftoff; with a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble, Roman will study dark matter and dark energy while directly imaging distant exoplanets.
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026 Space
- Telescope Milestone: NASA’s Roman Moves Vertical Ahead of Processing NASA Science (.gov)
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, due to launch in August 2026, is expected to discover around 100,000 exoplanets in a single mission — more than every telescope in the history of astronomy combined Space Daily
- NASA Sets Roman Space Telescope Launch for No Earlier Than Aug. 30 teleSUR English
- Five Weeks Before Liftoff, a Pasadena Scientist Previews NASA’s Next Great Telescope Pasadena Now
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