Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman space telescope lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket. The launch happened Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Roman telescope is named after NASA's first chief astronomer.

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