Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope began life as a spy satellite that never launched

It's headed out now to study the universe, but the new Nancy Grace Roman telescope almost had equipment too small to matter. Then a U.S. spy agency helped out.
Ars Technica

NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe

NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission ...
Yahoo

Shelved NASA spacecraft could spy on asteroid Apophis before 2029 Earth flyby

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is considering pulling a pair of shelved spacecraft out of storage to facilitate a non-agency mission to spy on notorious ...

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: Is Nasa bringing back the retired spy aircraft into service?

The SR-71A Blackbird, which was on display at Nasa's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, has disappeared, triggering speculation of its return. While this fastest spy plane holds a unique ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday (Aug 30) of the US space agency's new flagship astronomical ...
Futurism

NASA’s Powerful New Space Telescope, Just Cleared for Launch, Was Developed by an Intelligence Agency to “Spy on America’s Adversaries”

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has a lot to live up to. The orbital observatory, a long-awaited successor to the agency’s revolutionary Hubble Space Telescope, is set to launch on Sunday ...
Politico

NASA, the spy agency?

WELCOME TO POLITICO PRO SPACE. It’s week two with your new host, and I’m accepting any book recommendations on the history of NASA. Today we’re unpacking the space agency’s new classification as a ...