SpaceX Lands 2 Falcon Heavy Boosters After Roman Space Telescope Launch
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Updated · Space.com · Sep 8
SpaceX Lands 2 Falcon Heavy Boosters After Roman Space Telescope Launch
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Sep 8
Summary
Two Falcon Heavy side boosters landed upright after launching NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, with touchdowns at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40.
The recoveries followed the rocket's primary job of sending Roman into space; Falcon Heavy stands about 230 feet tall and can lift nearly 141,000 pounds to low Earth orbit.
NASA said one booster was flying its first mission while the other completed its third, underscoring SpaceX's reusable-launch model.
Roman is NASA's next major observatory, carrying a coronagraph for direct exoplanet imaging and a wide-field instrument, with its first science images expected next year.