# Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing

![Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS01_0031/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS01_0031~large.jpg)

- Released: August 29, 2026
- Category: events
- Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett · KSC
- NASA source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS01_0031
- Page: https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lKSC-20260829-PH-KLS01_0031/roman-space-telescope-science-briefing/

From left, Claire Andreoli, NASA Communications; Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC, participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.