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NASA's Roman Telescope Passes Initial Deployment Phase

The $4 billion space observatory successfully completed its first deployment step three days after launch.

Luisa Marconi
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman telescope has successfully passed its initial deployment phase in space just three days after launch. [4]