NASA says new Roman telescope's lifespan could more than double, to 22 years

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Even before the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached its planned ...

The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations

At launch, the fully fueled Roman observatory weighed 20,224 pounds (9,173.5 kilograms), still a half-ton below its weight ...
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NASA Activates Roman’s Primary Instrument, Checks Out Coronagraph

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared ...

NASA’s Swift Observatory resumed science observations, at least for now

With science operations now resumed, NASA believes Swift will reach an altitude 185 miles (300 kilometers) for the next one ...

NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.
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NASA findings from the last year including extraordinary asteroid samples, galactic discoveries

NASA is regularly announcing new discoveries and findings. Its research is consistent, and is conducted in space aboard the International Space Station and right here on Earth. Some of NASA’s ...
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NASA’s New Horizons spots signs of liquid nitrogen flowing on Pluto

Scientists have found the first evidence that liquid may have flowed across Pluto’s surface in the recent past. Dark features on the enormous Sputnik Planitia glacier appear consistent with liquid ...
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Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has ...
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This Historian Interviewed Nearly Every Woman Astronaut and Learned How They Changed NASA Forever

Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.
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NASA-backed scientists turn plastic waste into edible cookies

Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed ...
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NASA releases first test image from Nancy Grace Roman Telescope’s 300-megapixel infrared camera

"There is much to do, but we are on our way to groundbreaking science." ...