Somewhere beyond Earth's atmosphere, a new eye is opening. NASA's Roman Space Telescope has begun its commissioning phase, with engineers successfully powering on the Planet Imager instrument — the first confirmation that years of human ingenuity have survived the journey to orbit. In the long tradition of humanity reaching outward to understand its place in the cosmos, Roman now stands at the threshold between machine and instrument, between arrival and purpose.
NASA begins commissioning Roman Space Telescope, powering up planet-imaging instrument
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