NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins journey into deep space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the telescope. Pic Courtesy/NASA

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on its way to deep space, beginning a three-month, million-mile trip to its final orbit.

The observatory launched at 5.56 pm (India time) on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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