美国国家航空暨太空总署（NASA）耗资43亿美元的南西·葛莉丝·罗曼太空望远镜搭乘SpaceX的猎鹰重型火箭成功升空（8月30日7:26 a.m），预计前往距离地球约100万英里的轨道，展开为期5至10年的深空观测任务。

罗曼太空望远镜专为研究暗物质、暗能量以及搜寻太阳系外行星而设计，其视场比哈伯太空望远镜大100倍且绘图速度快千倍，并配备日冕仪以阻挡恒星光芒来直接成像微弱的系外行星。

该任务自2010年代初期构思以来经历了预算超支与多次面临取消的政治波折，如今在完成仪器部署与测试后，预计最快于2026年底展开科学观测并于2027年传回首批影像。

NASA's $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, heading toward an orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth to begin a five- to 10-year deep-space observation mission.

Specifically designed to investigate dark matter, dark energy, and search for exoplanets, Roman features a field of view 100 times larger and mapping capabilities 1,000 times faster than Hubble, along with a coronagraph to block starlight for directly imaging faint exoplanets.

Conceived in the early 2010s, the mission overcame years of budget growth and multiple cancellation attempts before launch, with instrument deployment underway to begin science operations by late 2026 and deliver its first images in 2027.