Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing

From left, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, 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.