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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its August 30, 2026 launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy — eight months ahead of its formal launch-readiness date and within its $4.3 billion lifecycle budget. The wide-field infrared telescope will survey the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble to probe dark energy, detect thousands of exoplanets, and make all data immediately public, though its five-year primary mission faced serious budget threats before Congress restored funding.