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Coverage timeline for “telescope nancy grace roman”

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- NASA’s Roman Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars - NASA (.gov)Google News•2:00 PM
Monday, May 11, 2026
- Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center - NASA Science (.gov)Google News•2:00 PM
Friday, May 29, 2026
- NASA's next major space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman, is expected to find roughly 100,000 new transiting planets in just five years — along with the largest catalogue ever assembled of rogue worlds drifting through the galaxy without a star to orbit - Space DailyGoogle News•12:15 PM
- NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look - NASA (.gov)Google News•3:44 PM
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
- 'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch - SpaceGoogle News•7:00 PM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is About to Start Its Cosmic SurveyCNET•5:24 PM
- NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is About to Start Its Cosmic SurveyCNET•5:24 PM
Monday, June 15, 2026
- Experience the Launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope - NASA (.gov)Google News•2:28 PM
Monday, June 22, 2026
- NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida - Spaceflight NowGoogle News•12:43 AM
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman telescope arrives at Kennedy Space Center - Florida TodayGoogle News•2:48 PM
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch this summer - SpaceGoogle News•8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026 - SpaceGoogle News•2:00 PM
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our ownMIT Technology Review•9:00 AM
- The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hackerMIT Technology Review•12:10 PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- NASA fuels its next-gen Roman Space Telescope for August launch - SpaceGoogle News•9:00 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch. Here's why it's so cool. - YahooGoogle News•3:43 PM
- '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 - SpaceGoogle News•10:41 PM
Monday, August 3, 2026
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching on a Falcon Heavy on 30 August 2026, carries a mirror the size of Hubble's but sees a patch of sky about a hundred times wider, built mainly to map dark energy and hunt for planets - Space DailyGoogle News•12:10 AM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- NASA’s new dark energy space telescope can also detect killer asteroidsMIT Technology Review•8:06 AM
- The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbsMIT Technology Review•12:10 PM
Saturday, August 22, 2026
- NASAs Roman telescope is built to find what Hubble and Webb missMashable•9:00 AM
- Why NASA is adding the Nancy Grace Roman telescope to its fleet - MashableGoogle News•9:03 AM
Sunday, August 23, 2026
- NASA to launch new space telescope later this month - nhk.or.jpGoogle News•8:13 AM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe - WIREDGoogle News•9:00 AM
- NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the UniverseWired•9:00 AM
- Nancy Grace Roman Telescope live updates: NASA readies Roman for launch - SpaceGoogle News•12:00 PM
- Fox Business Host Learns NASA’s New Telescope Isn’t Named After That Nancy Grace - GizmodoGoogle News•5:31 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- How to watch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's launchEngadget•3:48 AM
- How To Watch The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Launch - EngadgetGoogle News•4:48 AM
- New NASA telescope to probe dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets - ReutersGoogle News•10:06 AM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Nancy Grace Roman Telescope live updates: NASA readies Roman for launch - SpaceGoogle News•10:42 AM
- NASA Is Launching a $4 Billion Space Telescope on Sunday. Here’s Why You Should Care - GizmodoGoogle News•5:30 PM
- Roman telescope aims to directly image exoplanets 1,000 times fainter than current limits - Phys.orgGoogle News•7:00 PM
- From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA's Roman Space Telescope - SpaceGoogle News•9:00 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors - The ConversationGoogle News•12:05 PM
Friday, August 28, 2026
- NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Promises a Breakthrough in Cosmic Exploration - The New York TimesGoogle News•9:00 AM
- What is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope? NASA's new observatory - USA TodayGoogle News•3:17 PM

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