Science August 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Trump calls in to NASA press conference to celebrate launch of Roman Space Telescope, a mission he tried to cancel

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President Trump interrupted a NASA press conference today (Aug. 30) to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on a successful launch.

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