# NASA launches new space telescope

https://mins.news/en/item/37657

- France 24, 2026-08-30 14:55 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260830-nasa-launches-new-space-telescope

> NASA successfully launched its newest space telescope from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It reached orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff and is beginning a mission to investigate some of the universe’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Named for astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, scientists have hailed it as a “discovery machine.”

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