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'It's going to do things that currently are impossible': The Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30
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NASA scientists got together Wednesday (July 29) to share a status update on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — the agency's next great observatory that will soon join the ranks of absolute legends like the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope .
The $4 billion Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT).
The Roman Space Telescope hangs in the clean room.
To compare Roman to the Hubble Space Telescope , consider that scientists expect Roman to produce over 500 terabytes of data per year.
While the Roman Space Telescope does have some near-infrared capabilities, thanks to its impressive Wide-Field Instrument (WFI).