NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Set to Launch August 30

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 30. The observatory is designed as a wide-field mission, capable of surveying large portions of the sky in a single observation. Roman is named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, who played a key role in developing the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission aims to advance understanding of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is managing the mission.

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