Washington, Aug. 30 -- Congresswoman Valerie Foushee issued the following press release:
Today, NASA, in partnership with SpaceX, successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Named for NASA's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, or "Roman," is NASA's newest flagship observatory. It is designed to explore the universe, addressing some of the most important science questions identified by the astronomy community. Roman was the top priority large mission of the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. One exposure from Roman's primary instrument will capture over 100 times the area of the sky as an exposure from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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