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NASA launches Roman Space Telescope on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

9/9/2026

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NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Aug. 30.
Falcon Heavy’s side boosters touched down at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40 at Kennedy Space Center.
The telescope carries a coronagraph for direct exoplanet imaging and a Wide-Field Instrument with a large field of view.
Space.com photographer Chelsea Gohd recorded a booster landing on camera as crowds watched at the center.

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NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Aug. 30.
Falcon Heavy’s side boosters touched down at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40 at Kennedy Space Center.
The telescope carries a coronagraph for direct exoplanet imaging and a Wide-Field Instrument with a large field of view.
Space.com photographer Chelsea Gohd recorded a booster landing on camera as crowds watched at the center.