NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Set for Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy Launch
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for an Aug. 30 liftoff from Kennedy Space Center aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The observatory will spend about 30 days en route to the sun–Earth L2 point (roughly 1.5 million km from Earth), followed by a multi‑month checkout before it begins surveys for exoplanets and dark energy and investigates distant stars.
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