Trump praises NASA for Roman telescope launch despite past attempts to defund it
US President Donald Trump called into a NASA press briefing to offer his congratulations following the successful launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, even though he had previously sought to cut the project's budget. Lawmakers in the US Congress ultimately blocked those efforts and kept the funding intact. The $4-billion (₹38,150-crore) space observatory is designed to conduct research on dark matter, dark energy, and planets outside our solar system.