# Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch News Conference

![Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch News Conference](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0007/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0007~large.jpg)

- Released: August 29, 2026
- Category: events
- Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett · KSC
- NASA source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0007
- Page: https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lKSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0007/roman-space-telescope-prelaunch-news-conference/

From left, Leah Martin, NASA Communications; Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters; Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX; and Justin McReynolds, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participate in a prelaunch news conference 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.