SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch NASA’s Roman Telescope for Dark Matter, Exoplanets, and MORE

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is the future rocket that will bring NASA's Roman Telescope to its space destination, and the high-powered spacecraft will see to its mission soon. The new telescope will be another massive venture for the space company as it is an important one with significant capabilities.

The Roman Telescope will soon look for dark energy and matter and take photographs of exoplanets in deep space.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch NASA's Roman Telescope

NASA Roman Space Telescope
A high-resolution illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope against a starry background. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

SpaceX shared a tweet regarding the latest mission that Falcon Heavy has, and it is with the Roman Telescope from NASA, focusing on a massive spacecraft from NASA. The Falcon Heavy will bring the spacecraft to its space destination in not less than four years. It is focusing on its mission and the launch for 2026.

The mission would set off from Launch Complex 39A from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The national space agency's target date would be no earlier than October 26, and the world would have to wait on the spacecraft for it.

What is the Roman Telescope from NASA?

NASA said the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is "the top-priority large space mission recommended by the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey." It will focus on searching space for dark energy and dark matter, as well as looking for exoplanets and capturing their images and other deep space surveillance it will bring for NASA.

SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy

Supposedly, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy will focus on bringing the world with hefty cargo missions since its release from the company. Still, there have been only several missions for the rocket since then. There were postponements for its release in the past, and the company faced delays in bringing the world with the said spacecraft.

Nevertheless, like the Roman Telescope's contract, NASA also selected Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon Heavy as the rocket to launch the GOES-U mission in the coming years. This mission will take place in 2024, and it was initially ULA who would front the launch, but the company withdrew its contract from the bidding and eventually went to SpaceX.

Falcon Heavy is currently the high-capacity spacecraft in SpaceX now, and it aims to bring the world a chance to bring its massive loads to space with the help of the rocket. However, the Falcon Heavy will soon get a replacement by the upcoming spacecraft, the Starship, which will then focus on its Mars mission.

For now, the world gets the Falcon Heavy for the Roman Telescope mission soon.

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Written by Isaiah Richard

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