Tag: Nancy Grace Roman
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Roman Space Telescope Set for August 30 Falcon Heavy Launch, Eight Months Ahead of Schedule
The mission aims to study dark energy, dark matter, and new cosmic phenomena by imaging millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and thousands of supernovae. The August 30 date is eight months ahead of schedule. The telescope is named for Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, credited as the “mother” of the Hubble telescope,…