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NASA launches Roman Space Telescope on cosmic-mapping mission
NASA's new Roman Space Telescope launched from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on a multi-year mission to map the universe and investigate dark matter and dark energy.
NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, beginning a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and study dark matter and dark energy. The observatory, standing over 12 meters (39 feet) tall, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 am (1126 GMT) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Developed over more than a decade at a cost exceeding $4 billion, the telescope is named after pioneering US astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, known as the "Mother of Hubble." President Donald Trump said Friday that the telescope "will help unlock the secrets of the universe." The mission is designed to take a panoramic view of vast reaches of space and shed light on dark matter and dark energy, which together are believed to make up about 95 percent of the universe.
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WorldScience & tech
NASA launches Roman Space Telescope on cosmic-mapping mission
NASA's new Roman Space Telescope launched from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on a multi-year mission to map the universe and investigate dark matter and dark energy.
NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, beginning a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and study dark matter and dark energy. The observatory, standing over 12 meters (39 feet) tall, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 am (1126 GMT) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Developed over more than a decade at a cost exceeding $4 billion, the telescope is named after pioneering US astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, known as the "Mother of Hubble." President Donald Trump said Friday that the telescope "will help unlock the secrets of the universe." The mission is designed to take a panoramic view of vast reaches of space and shed light on dark matter and dark energy, which together are believed to make up about 95 percent of the universe.
- NASA
- Roman telescope
- cosmic mapping
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