NASA readies major new space telescope for launch
April 25, 2026
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as posted by the channelNASA is continuing preparations for the launch of a major space telescope. It’s being shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of September’s scheduled launch date. The telescope is expected to reveal new galaxies and new planets.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was named after NASA’s first chief of astronomy. The approximately $4 billion telescope has a primary mirror as big as the one in the Hubble Space Telescope, but it has a much wider field of view than Hubble and will be able to survey the sky up to 1,000 times faster. NASA expects the telescope will help scientists discover tens of thousands of new planets outside our solar system, reveal billions of galaxies and help astronomers understand mysteries like dark energy and dark matter.
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