Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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The Roman Telescope is a NASA mission that will study dark energy & exoplanets and serve the general astronomy community.
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Over one million names will be traveling a million miles away in space in less than a month!
Roman’s Send Your Name campaign wrapped up with over 1.3 million names submitted. Make sure to tune in Aug 30 at 7:26 am ET to watch the observatory launch from @NASAKennedy.
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As we start our countdown to launch, we’re taking a trip back down memory lane, to building Roman at @NASAGoddard in our final hardware highlights video.
Roman is set to launch no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30.
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Get ready to send your name a MILLION MILES AWAY!!
Submit your name to be added to a memory card that will fly on the Roman Space Telescope this year to Lagrange point 2, the same location as @NASAWebb.
Submissions close July 12th.
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Have you ever wanted to have your name 'Roman' a million miles away?
Now you can! Send your name along the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Aug. 30, 2026!
Sign up here:
Submissions close July 12.
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Today would have been Dr. Roman’s 101st birthday! 🎉
We are honored to have @NASA’s next space telescope, launching later this year, named after such an inspiration who understood the importance of leaving Earth's atmosphere to better understand our universe.
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