# Roman Space Telescope Broadcast Isaacman Fly by 39A

![Roman Space Telescope Broadcast Isaacman Fly by 39A](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0054/KSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0054~large.jpg)

- Released: August 29, 2026
- Category: spacecraft
- Credit: NASA/Clayton Rougelot · KSC
- NASA source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0054
- Page: https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lKSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0054/roman-space-telescope-broadcast-isaacman-fly-by-39a/

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flight of his personally owned F-5 Tiger II aircraft on a flyby of Launch Complex 39A where a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing, is undergoing final launch preparations, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 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 Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30.