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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch - Pad 1 (CH1), Pad 2 (CH2)
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NASA's coverage of the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope leading to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. The milestone begins the observatory’s journey to explore the large‑scale structure of the universe. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research.
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