Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch

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Penni Baez, launch operations manager for NASA’s Launch Services Program, monitors the countdown inside SpaceX’s Hangar X for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, 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. Launch occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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August 30, 2026
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