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Roman, Hubble's 300-Megapixel Successor, Will Map the Universe

PetaPixel·Jeremy Gray·about 1 month ago
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NASA celebrated its revolutionary Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) yesterday, showing the completed observatory off to the world and announcing that the mission was not only ahead of schedule but, in a rarity for cutting-edge scientific projects, under budget. Roman is scheduled to launch into space as soon as September aboard a SpaceX rocket and begin capturing an atlas of the Universe, including evidence of the invisible material and energy scientists believe connects the entire cosmos. ‘NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is photographed in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The observatory is on track for delivery to the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June and launch as soon as early September.’ | Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has had quite the journey to reach this momentous occasion.…

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