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'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
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'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth

By Brendan ByrneAugust 30, 2026·Source: NPR·4 views

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA

The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.

(Image credit: John Kraus)

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