Falcon Heavy is getting ready to launch one of NASA’s most ambitious space telescopes yet
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now encapsulated inside Falcon Heavy’s fairing and has arrived at SpaceX’s hangar at Pad 39A
Launch is targeted for Sunday, August 30 at 7:26 AM EDT
Roman will travel nearly 1 MILLION miles from Earth to L2
Its primary mirror is the same size as Hubble’s, but Roman can see at least 100X more sky in a single view
It will study billions of galaxies, search for thousands of worlds beyond our solar system and help uncover the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
And one of Falcon Heavy’s side boosters has already flown before on NASA’s GOES-U mission
A flight-proven Falcon Heavy is sending a next-generation observatory nearly one million miles from Earth
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now encapsulated inside Falcon Heavy’s fairing and has arrived at SpaceX’s hangar at Pad 39A
Launch is targeted for Sunday, August 30 at 7:26 AM EDT
Roman will travel nearly 1 MILLION miles from Earth to L2
Its primary mirror is the same size as Hubble’s, but Roman can see at least 100X more sky in a single view
It will study billions of galaxies, search for thousands of worlds beyond our solar system and help uncover the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
And one of Falcon Heavy’s side boosters has already flown before on NASA’s GOES-U mission
A flight-proven Falcon Heavy is sending a next-generation observatory nearly one million miles from Earth
