A NASA space telescope in development, named for Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer and a key figure in establishing the Hubble Space Telescope program. Planned for launch in the late 2020s, it will carry a Hubble-class mirror paired with a much wider field of view, designed for large-area surveys of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics.
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