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NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope via SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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NASA used SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into space Sunday.

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  1. Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, NASA next space telescope, to launch from Florida

    Headline from FOX 35 Orlando ·

  2. Newest

    NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope via SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

    Headline from UPI ·

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Reports & sources

13 articles, oldest first.

  1. Independent Journal Review

    Roman Space Telescope Launch Successful; Mission Underway (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    Rochester-based L3Harris engineers helped design and refurbish the optical eye of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, enabling unprecedented cosmic surveys and investigations into dark energy. The observatory is slated to launch Sunday at 7:26 a.m.

  2. FOX 35 Orlando

    Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, NASA next space telescope, to launch from Florida (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next space observatory, is set to launch from Florida. The telescope, also known as Roman, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30. Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT.

  3. Jezebel

    The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is About to Change Astronomy (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    Named for NASA's first female executive and first Chief of Astronomy, the telescope will provide a field of view 100 times that of Hubble.

  4. End Time Headlines

    NASA readies telescope launch that will be major step toward finding extraterrestrial life (opens End Time Headlines)

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    End Time Headlines's feed description

    Tomorrow morning, if weather and hardware hold, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to rise from a Florida launchpad, its booster flare cutting through the dawn. According to a report from The Atlantic, the mission carries enormous weight: success would give scientists a new method…

  5. NBC10 Philadelphia

    NASA launches its next-generation space telescope (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Saturday.

  6. WFLA

    NASA, SpaceX launch new Nancy Grace Roman Telescope (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Early Sunday morning, SpaceX will launch NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center. With a field of view 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Telescope, Roman will offer scientists a brand-new perspective on the universe and, hopeful…

  7. UPI

    NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope via SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    NASA used SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into space Sunday.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, will observe black holes, exoplanets and exploding stars.

  9. Good News Network

    Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Survives Attempted Budget Cuts to Launch 9 Months Early (opens Good News Network)

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    Good News Network's feed description

    Reprinted with permission from World at Large. 9 months ahead of schedule, and surviving attempts in both Trump Administrations to cut its budget in half, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope soared into space on Sunday afternoon aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Cape Canaveral.

  10. New York Post

    NASA’s powerful new Nancy Grace Roman Telescope begins cosmic mission (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    NASA’s new flagship astronomical observatory was launched into space from Florida on August 30 on a mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a roughly $4 billion project, was carried aloft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ab…

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