Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest cleanroom at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The observatory is scheduled to be transported to the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June, with launch likely as early as September 2026. Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger

The launch of the Roman space telescope to search for extrasolar planets could take place as early as September 2026

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NASA is preparing to launch the Roman Space Telescope as early as September 2026. The new observatory will scan vast areas of the sky, search for extrasolar planets, and help study dark matter and dark energy.
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