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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Deploys NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched from Florida on August 30, 2026, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched from Florida on August 30, 2026, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

The $4.3 billion observatory is scheduled to lift off from Florida after surviving multiple budget cut attempts from the Trump administration.

The robotic mission designed to scour the moon's south pole for water ice will not launch during its planned window this year.

The launch of the Vikram-1 rocket makes India the third country after the U.S. and China to have a private company capable of orbital launches.

A test firing failure that destroyed Blue Origin's only operational New Glenn launch pad threatens the timeline for NASA's Artemis moon missions.