SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is about to send one of humanity’s most powerful eyes on the universe into deep space
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch
Roman experts just gave an overview of what this next-generation observatory is built to discover
Roman will:
• Investigate dark energy and dark matter
• Map billions of galaxies
• Discover and study exoplanets
• Observe black holes and the evolution of the universe
• Capture Hubble-like detail across a field of view at least 100× larger
And now the telescope is sitting on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at Pad 39A
Target launch → August 30 at 7:26 AM EDT
Destination → Sun-Earth L2, about 1 million miles from Earth
NASA and SpaceX have officially declared Roman “go” for launch 🚀