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NASA says $4 billion Roman telescope is ready for August 30 launch

NASA officials said on July 29 that the $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready for its scheduled launch aboard ...
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The Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30. It'll map the entire sky like ...

NASA’s Roman space telescope should reveal 'one-in-a-million' discoveries

Scheduled to launch Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, NASA's Roman telescope will image far more sky than Hubble ...

Mission to Save Falling NASA Space Telescope Suffers Setback

A spacecraft meant to push NASA’s Swift Observatory to a higher orbit malfunctioned and started tumbling several days ago.

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch. Here's why it's so cool.

"We're going to find one-in-a-million things over and over and over again," a NASA scientist recently predicted.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope set to unlock the universe's biggest mysteries

Launching Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will investigate dark matter, dark energy and distant worlds while capturing panoramic views 100 times larger than Hubble's.
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Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit

A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory is now suffering from potentially ...

Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble

The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has run into trouble. Katalyst Space Technologies ...

Nasa’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries

Nasa is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The ...
Scientific American

NASA prepares to launch an unprecedented mission to save a dying space telescope

No earlier than Thursday, an L-1011 Stargazer aircraft will take off from the Marshall Islands, 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii. A rocket will drop from the plane, then ascend to deliver a spacecraft ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope ready for launch after fueling; Mission to explore dark energy and exoplanets

NASA has completed fuelling the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, bringing the next-gen space observatory one step closer to ...

Is everything 'OK' with NASA's Swift Telescope? Rescue mission just hit a major setback

NASA's mission to extend the life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has hit an unexpected hurdle after its rescue spacecraft, LINK, developed technical problems in orbit. Engineers are now racing ...