SPACE: ‘We are on our way to groundbreaking science’: Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA’s Roman telescope. “The telescope, which launched to space on Aug. 30, is partway through a months-long commissioning process, with NASA scientists testing and tuning each of the spacecraft’s instruments as it undertakes a million-mile (1.6 million kilometers) journey to Lagrange point L2 — an orbital ‘parking spot’ where the competing gravity of Earth and the sun will hold Roman in place, alongside the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and other scientific spacecraft.”

Best part: “But in a final piece of good news, that 10-year mission now looks likely to double. According to NASA, a successful thruster burn (combined with bonus fuel loaded onto the spacecraft at launch) means that Roman may be looking at 22 years worth of power rather than 10.”

Bravo to the SpaceX launch team and Falcon Heavy.