A New Way of Seeing Alien Worlds The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a behemoth of a machine, is poised to launch from its Florida perch tomorrow morning.
This latest addition to NASA's orbital observatory fleet represents a high stakes gamble for the space agency's science program, which has faced budget cuts in recent years.
Its primary mirror, an eight foot behemoth with a National Reconnaissance Office pedigree, was once intended for use on Earth surveying the ground below.