SpaceX Falcon Heavy Pre-launch: Roman Space Telescope | NASA Kennedy
Teams continue launch preparations on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy that will launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, inside the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Teams inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope within the payload fairing on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, ahead of mating to a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018) visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team on March 31, 2017.
Teams continue launch preparations on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy that will launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, inside the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. The rocket has 27 Merlin engines on its first stage and can generate more than five million pounds of thrust at liftoff. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, from Kennedy.
Roman’s primary mission is to settle essential questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics by conducting wide-field surveys that explore the universe’s structure, evolution, and composition.
Roman’s namesake—Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer—made it her personal mission to make cosmic vistas readily accessible to all by paving the way for telescopes based in space.
“The mission will acquire enormous quantities of astronomical imagery that will permit scientists to make groundbreaking discoveries for decades to come, honoring Dr. Roman’s legacy in promoting scientific tools for the broader community,” said Jackie Townsend, Roman’s deputy project manager at NASA Goddard. “I like to think Dr. Roman would be extremely proud of her namesake telescope and thrilled to see what mysteries it will uncover in the coming years.”
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Image Credits: SpaceX/NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz)
Image Dates: Aug. 24-26, 2026
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