# NASA launches powerful new Roman Space Telescope

https://mins.news/en/item/38091

- CGTN, 2026-08-30 14:56 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-30/NASA-launches-powerful-new-Roman-Space-Telescope-1Q2nmKpfrHi/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> NASA launched the roughly $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory will study dark energy, dark matter, gravity and exoplanets from Lagrange Point 2, with a planned five-year mission that could be extended by another five years.

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