NASA's next "great observatory" begins mission to widen our view of the Universe
Summary
NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Florida to study the Universe. It has a very wide view, much bigger than the Hubble telescope, and will work alongside the James Webb Space Telescope to explore space.Key Facts
- The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope cost $4.3 billion and has a 300-megapixel camera.
- It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
- The telescope’s field of view is 100 times wider than the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Roman will travel to a point nearly 1.5 million kilometers from Earth called the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point.
- It took about three months to reach its operational orbit, where it will begin scientific observations.
- The telescope uses a large mirror originally built for spy satellites, donated by the National Reconnaissance Office.
- The mission was named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and supporter of space telescopes.
- NASA aims to have the first science images from Roman ready by the end of the year.
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