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How To Watch The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Launch
Engadget • • general
Key Points:
- The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is scheduled for launch on August 30, with NASA's live coverage starting at 6:20 AM Eastern time and the launch no earlier than 7:26 AM.
- NASA completed the final inspection of the telescope's primary mirror in late May to ensure it was undamaged during testing, and the launch date was moved up from a planned September schedule.
- Named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, Nancy Grace Roman, the telescope has a field of view at least 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing it to observe a wider area of the universe at once.
- The telescope is designed to study dark energy using various techniques and can block starlight to better observe exoplanets, aiding scientists in understanding habitability and the prevalence of solar systems like ours.
