Roman Space Telescope lifts off aboard Falcon Heavy from Florida
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched successfully on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on August 30. The observatory will survey billions of stars in the Milky Way and study cosmic phenomena. Its Wide Field Instrument will capture unprecedented large-scale views of the universe.
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