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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been declared launch-ready eight months ahead of its May 2027 deadline, with a targeted September 2026 liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The $4.3 billion mission stayed within its lifecycle cost cap — a sharp contrast to the James Webb Space Telescope's decade of overruns — and is now positioned as a proof of concept for delivering flagship science missions on time and on budget.