In the unforgiving silence of space, where every drop of fuel is a measure of possibility, NASA's Roman Space Telescope has been granted an unexpected extension of its watch over the cosmos. A single, precisely executed engine burn — the product of meticulous engineering discipline — has left the observatory with enough propellant to operate for 22 years, doubling the decade originally envisioned. Named for pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, the telescope now stands poised to observe the universe across a timescale long enough to witness what shorter missions could only imagine.