NASA's New Space Telescope Launches August 30 With a View 100 Times Wider Than Hubble's

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center. It sees infrared light across a field of view at least 100 times wider than Hubble's, making it ideal for studying dark energy and photographing distant planets — tasks Hubble and JWST were not built for. Live coverage starts 6:20 AM ET.