Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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  • SpaceX Falcon Heavy Chosen To Launch Roman Space Telescope
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    According to NASA, the next space telescope will be launched in 2026 using a reusable heavy-lift rocket.
  • NASA's Roman Space Telescope 2.4-Meter Primary Mirror Has Been Completed
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    With the help of this mirror, the telescope will capture space vistas, which will be better than the Hubble space telescope
  • NASA's Roman Space Telescope Could Identify Freely-Floating Exoplanets
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    Rogue planets are typically hard to spot because they are not near to a source of light like a star, but Roman will be able to detect them using microlensing
  • Roman Space Telescope Will Accelerate Exoplanet Search 500X Faster Than Hubble
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    The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – formerly called the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) – is set to launch in the mid-2020s.
  • NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completes Ground System Review
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    When it launches in 2025, the Roman Space Telescope will create enormous panoramic pictures of space in unprecedented detail.