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NASA's Roman Telescope Set to Launch 2026, Aims for New Discoveries

4/22/2026

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NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on April 22, 2026, named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
The telescope will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket in September.
Its field of view is 100 times larger than Hubble's.
It will transmit 11 terabytes of data daily.
The mission aims to discover tens of thousands of new planets and billions of galaxies.

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NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on April 22, 2026, named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
The telescope will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket in September.
Its field of view is 100 times larger than Hubble's.
It will transmit 11 terabytes of data daily.
The mission aims to discover tens of thousands of new planets and billions of galaxies.