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Space.com • Monisha Ravisetti

NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches toward L2 to study dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Aug. 30 and has begun its journey to the Sun–Earth L2 point, starting commissioning ahead of science operations. The wide-field observatory will investigate dark energy and dark matter while searching for Earthlike planets and imaging the universe at unprecedented scale.

Payload • Victoria Woodburn

Roman Space Telescope Begins Its Journey to L2

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NASA's groundbreaking Roman Space Telescope launches into space

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2026-08-30T11:50:06.010708-07:00

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Bloomberg • Rachel Cohrs Zhang

NASA, SpaceX Postpone ISS Mission Launch After Spacecraft Leak

By Bloomberg: SpaceX and NASA are delaying the launch of a planned mission to the International Space Station to fix an oxidizer leak in the Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system, the US space agency said.

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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference

By Ars Technica: With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.

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2026-08-30T10:50:06.855143-07:00

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Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX test-fires Starship Super Heavy booster ahead of critical Flight 14 (video)

By Space.com: SpaceX fired up all 33 engines of its Super Heavy booster to gear up for the next Starship test flight, which will mark the first time the vehicle goes orbital.

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2026-08-29T07:05:52.581797-07:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

NASA Announces Next Steps for Swift Rescue Mission

By Universe Today: Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will attempt to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to demonstrate key capabilities for the future of space exploration.

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2026-08-29T15:32:30.844533-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA and AeroVironment advance work on SkyFall Mars helicopters

By SpaceNews.com: NASA and AeroVironment are moving ahead with the development of a set of helicopters to be sent to Mars at the end of 2028.

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2026-08-29T15:51:35.462581-07:00

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NASA Spaceflight • Chris Bergin, Martijn Luinstra

ESA awards first European Launcher Challenge contracts

By NASA Spaceflight: The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing €543.6 million to three European rocket startups as it tries to broaden the continent’s launch options beyond Ariane 6 and Vega-C.

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2026-08-29T04:13:13.133921-07:00

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Bloomberg • Jeff Mason

2026-08-28T10:36:41.337426-07:00

NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches toward L2 to study dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets

Roman Space Telescope Begins Its Journey to L2

NASA's groundbreaking Roman Space Telescope launches into space

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ESA awards first European Launcher Challenge contracts

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