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Launches & Rockets

NASA launches Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy

The observatory departed from Kennedy Space Center shortly after dawn on a SpaceX rocket.

Luisa Marconi
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NASA successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.[7]