News Summary

• The president called NASA administrator Jared Isaacman to congratulate them on the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope.
• The telescope is designed to hunt for dark matter and dark energy, mysterious forces that physicists believe play a vital role in shaping the structure of the universe.
• Calling into a NASA press conference is the latest sign of Trump's growing interest in the US presence in space.
• The president signed an executive order earlier this month targeting an increase in the number of rocket launches to 1,000 a year.