Roman Space Telescope — NASA infrared observatory, launching to L2 in 2026, carrying WFI and CGI to probe planets and cosmic structure.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a 10-year program that will image the southern sky every few nights. The telescope has started regular operations from its Chilean mountaintop site and is already returning new detections, including thousands of asteroids and transient views such as Comet 3I/ATLAS.
SpaceX has pledged $100 billion to build a 125,000‑acre Starbase in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, that it says will support thousands of Starship launches a year, add about 3,000 direct jobs and include propellant production, power generation and deep‑water shipping. Construction is scheduled to start in 2027; SpaceX targets initial launches by 2029 while state officials give a 2030 timeline.
NASA, with SpaceX, is set to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday to study dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets. The mission will operate for at least five years with a potential to extend to ten, and its data will be publicly available after processing.