NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars
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- CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) - NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space agency's new flagship astronomical observatory, a repurposed spy satellite tha...S1
- NASA has launched a $6 billion new telescope to explore the hidden universe.S2S3
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NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) - NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. spac…
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NASA launches powerful new telescope
NASA has launched a $6 billion new telescope to explore the hidden universe.
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NASA launches powerful new telescope into space to help solve mysteries of the Universe
The $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida
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