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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard Falcon Heavy August 30

NASA's next major sky survey observatory lifted off on schedule from Kennedy Space Center.

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched August 30 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.[3] The observatory carries the name of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief of astronomy and the agency's first female executive.[1] Once operational, the telescope will create enormous, detailed maps of the sky.[2] Falcon Heavy's next assigned flight is Griffin Mission One, scheduled no earlier than December 2026. That flight will deliver an Astrobotic built lunar lander to the surface of the Moon.[4]
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  1. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is named after NASA's first chief of astronomy and first female executive, Nancy Grace Roman. · Phys.org
  2. José Antonio de Diego Onsurbe, a researcher at the Institute of Astronomy, highlighted that the Roman Space Telescope will create enormous and detailed maps of the sky. · Gaceta UNAMMexico
  3. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. · ExcélsiorMexico
  4. Falcon Heavy's next mission, Griffin Mission One, is scheduled to launch no earlier than December 2026 to deliver an Astrobotic-developed lunar lander to the Moon's surface. · NASASpaceFlight.com
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