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Fuel savings could extend NASA’s Roman telescope mission
NASA says an accurate course correction and additional propellant could give the Roman Space Telescope fuel for at least 22 years of potential science operations.
The 14 September update follows its 31 August manoeuvre and includes savings expected from later operations. The estimate is about available fuel. It does not guarantee that the observatory, funding or every instrument will last that long.
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