NASA Roman Space Telescope: Key Milestones for 7:26 a.m. EDT Launch

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is preparing for liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. As NASA Science tells it, the mission is scheduled for launch at seven twenty-six a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, with a live broadcast beginning at six twenty. The sequence will include several critical milestones, from propellant loading to the final deployment of the observatory roughly thirty-one minutes after liftoff.

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