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NASA unveils Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope live on Space.com
NewsBytes | April 21, 2026 10:39 PM CST

Roman Space Telescope finishes tests

The telescope is wrapping up its final tests before heading to Kennedy Space Center for launch between fall 2026 and May 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
With an estimated cost of more than $4 billion, Roman will hunt for dark matter, dark energy, and even spot exoplanets using gravitational lensing, a cool trick that lets us find planets hiding in distant parts of our galaxy.


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