science π NASA's Roman Telescope Set to Map Billions of Galaxies
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is entering its final preparation phase for an upcoming launch. The observatory is being integrated with SpaceX hardware at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is scheduled for an August 30 launch, eight months ahead of schedule and under budget. This mission will survey the universe for five years, collecting data on over a billion galaxies. Roman will help scientists study dark energy and search for distant exoplanets.