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California Institute of Technology: NASA's Roman Space Telescope Takes First Coronagraph Instrument Observation
October 01, 2026
PASADENA, California, Oct. 1 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Takes First Coronagraph Instrument Observation

September 30, 2026

The Coronagraph Instrument, designed to demonstrate technology that can directly image planets, is commanded at Caltech's IPAC astronomy center

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On September 22, the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy G . . .

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