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Roman Space Telescope Begins Commissioning at L2 After Falcon Heavy Launch

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has kicked off its mission commissioning at the sun–Earth L2 point after a Aug. 30 launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The spacecraft has deployed its solar panels and high-gain antenna, and teams have begun powering on and calibrating the Coronagraph Instrument as the system checks continue, with first science operations expected to start after weeks of checkout and first images anticipated in January 2027 to study dark energy and discover exoplanets.

via Space|

#exoplanets #falcon-heavy #l2

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Roman Space Telescope Launches from Florida to Map Dark Energy and Exoplanets

At 7:26 a.m. ET, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, launching on a mission to study dark energy, discover exoplanets, and survey the sky with a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble—the data will be released publicly soon after processing and will supplement, not replace, Hubble and Webb.

via WESH|

#dark-energy #exoplanets #nasa

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope kicks off three-month voyage to L2 with live-tracking

NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2026, and a 100-day cruise to the L2 point is being tracked in near real time online. Mission controllers are conducting commissioning and a mid-course burn to fine‑tune its trajectory toward L2. Once in position, Roman will map billions of galaxies with a wide-field camera, returning about 1.4 terabytes of data daily over its five‑year prime mission, with first detailed images expected by December and surveys starting in January 2027.

via Mashable|

#commissioning #l2 #nasa

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Fiery Falcon Heavy lifts NASA's Roman Space Telescope to distant orbit

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy roared to life with 27 Merlin engines during the Aug. 30, 2026 launch of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, sending the observatory toward a stable point at Lagrange Point 2 for early online operations and future science on dark energy and exoplanets; Space.com designated the image as the Space Photo of the Day for Sept. 2, 2026.

via Space|

#falcon-heavy #nasa #rocket-launch

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Sunrise Shot Captures NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Crossing the Sun During SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

Space.com photographer Josh Dinner captured a rare solar transit when SpaceX's Falcon Heavy lifted NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, shooting from a Hobby Lobby parking lot in Titusville. Using a Canon R5 Mark II with a solar filter and a long lens, he timed the instantaneous launch window to photo the rocket crossing the sun, aided by trajectory planning tools like FlightClub.io and pre-launch scouting by fellow photographers. It was a high-risk, high-reward shot reflecting the daring spirit of space exploration.

via Space|

#falcon-heavy #roman-space-telescope #solar-transit

space4 days ago•163 min saved

Roman Space Telescope sets course for L2 to unlock exoplanets and dark-energy mysteries

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and will travel to the sun–Earth L2 point, where its instruments will be commissioned before science begins in early 2027. After a roughly 30‑day transit, Roman will settle into a large looping orbit at L2, enabling the Wide Field Instrument to map the cosmos and the Coronagraph Instrument to directly image exoplanets. The five-year primary mission aims to discover thousands of exoplanets and probe dark energy and dark matter, with the potential for extensions and collaboration alongside JWST’s work, rather than overlap.

via Space|

#coronagraph-instrument #exoplanets #lagrange-point-2

space5 days ago•169 min saved

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Lifts Off to Chart Exoplanets and the Dark Cosmos

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral, carrying a wide-field infrared imager and the first active space-based coronagraph designed to directly image exoplanets. After a 90-day commissioning at the Sun-Earth L2 point, Roman will operate with other major observatories (Hubble, JWST, Euclid, Rubin) to survey huge swaths of the sky and study dark matter and dark energy, while generating an immense data stream (~500 terabytes per year). With a roughly $4 billion price tag, the mission was completed under budget and ahead of schedule, marking a major advance in space astronomy.

via Space|

#coronagraph #exoplanets #infrared-astronomy

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Trump Celebrates Roman Space Telescope Launch in Surprise NASA Call

President Trump interrupt ed a NASA post-launch briefing to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on its successful launch, despite previously proposing to cancel the mission; the article notes past funding battles, congressional funding for NASA’s science programs, and reactions from mission leadership and reporters.

via Space|

#budget #nasa #roman-space-telescope

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope takes off to map exoplanets and dark energy

NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, a powerful next‑gen observatory with a field of view about 100 times larger than Hubble and JWST. After a ~100‑day journey to a point roughly one million miles from Earth, it will survey for thousands of exoplanets, map dark matter and dark energy, and study black holes, aiming to revolutionize our understanding of the Universe. The five‑year primary mission could extend to 10 years, with scientists anticipating enormous cosmic maps and new insights into whether we are alone in the cosmos.

via BBC|

#dark-energy #exoplanets #nasa

science6 days ago•19 min saved

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Takes Flight to Chart the Cosmos

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched from Cape Canaveral aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, a $4.3 billion infrared observatory that will map billions of galaxies, black holes, and planet-forming disks to probe dark energy and the universe’s history while hunting for new worlds.

via The New York Times|

#cosmology #exoplanets #infrared-astronomy

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Tiny Deformable Mirrors Could Let NASA's Roman Telescope Image Earthlike Worlds

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will test a next-generation coronagraph using two palm-sized deformable mirrors and adaptive optics to block starlight and directly image exoplanets by reflected light; success could guide future Earth-like planet missions such as Habitable Worlds Observatory and Lazuli Space Observatory, though achieving the required level of light suppression remains a major engineering hurdle.

via WIRED|

#adaptive-optics #coronagraph #deformable-mirrors

science7 days ago•4 min saved

Roman Space Telescope Lifts Off After Budget Battle

NASA's $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center after surviving White House budget cuts; the infrared observatory will map vast swaths of the sky, image exoplanets with a coronagraph, and operate near the L2 point about a million miles from Earth to augment Hubble and Webb. First images are expected in early 2027, with a five-year primary mission (potentially extendable to ten), and the launch uses SpaceX's Falcon Heavy in its final flight.

via The Guardian|

#coronagraph #exoplanets #lagrange-point-2

space-exploration7 days ago•190 min saved

Falcon Heavy set to launch NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Aug 30

SpaceX aims to lift NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into orbit on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A aboard a Falcon Heavy, with a live webcast starting about an hour before liftoff. If weather or other issues delay, a backup window is available on Aug. 31 at 7:22 a.m. EDT. The flight is expected to last about 31 minutes and 31 seconds, with Roman deploying around the 31:31 mark and then unfurling its systems en route to a stable point near Lagrange Point 2 for the mission’s deep-sky surveys.

via Space|

#falcon-heavy #launch-window #nasa

science7 days ago•18 min saved

Roman Space Telescope Poised to Launch Into a New Era of Cosmic Discovery

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, joining Hubble and JWST to survey the cosmos with wide-field infrared vision, promising breakthroughs in dark energy studies and exoplanet exploration and marking a new era in cosmic exploration.

via The New York Times|

#astronomy #cosmology #nasa

space8 days ago•5 min saved

Roman Space Telescope to map the cosmos and hunt for new worlds

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, delivering a wide-field view at least 100 times larger than Hubble to map billions of galaxies and stars, search for thousands of exoplanets, and study dark matter and dark energy, generating about 1.4 terabytes of data per day; first images come after a three-month commissioning, and once science operations begin the data will be publicly available.

via WRAL|

#astronomy #cosmology #dark-energy