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Tech Tuesday: Ohio State professors and students view live launch of Roman Space telescope

This image provided by NASA shows a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope launching at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.
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This image provided by NASA shows a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope launching at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

When the Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope recently blasted into space, a group of Ohio State professors and students traveled to Florida and watched a project they’d worked on soar skyward toward a destination about 1 million miles away.

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It's all coming up on this week's Tech Tuesday.

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