# Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch News Conference

![Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch News Conference](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0096/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0096~large.jpg)

- Released: August 29, 2026
- Category: events
- Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett · KSC
- NASA source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0096
- Page: https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lKSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0096/roman-space-telescope-prelaunch-news-conference/

Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’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.