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How a Former Spy Satellite Could Help Solve the Universe’s Greatest Mysteries

The $4.3 billion observatory will survey millions of galaxies and search for up to 100,000 exoplanets using repurposed spy-satellite hardware.

NASA plans to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30 to investigate questions about the composition of the universe and its ultimate end.

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A secret service supplied the mirror, German researchers provided precision technology, and the White House provided drama: Soon the »Nancy Grace Roman« telescope will start to advance the search for life in space.

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The ultra-precision reconnaissance satellite developed in response to the 9/11 attacks has turned its telescope toward space. This is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. on the 30th (8:26 p.m. KST). NASA took over the reconnaissance satellite being built by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and con…

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