NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

A new flagship observatory is about to launch to space and join the ranks of its powerful predecessors, like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

NASA’s groundbreaking new Nancy Roman Grace Space Telescope is ready to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It’s scheduled to depart from Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bound for a gravitationally stable spot in space called