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08/31/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/31/2026 08:40
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
NASA/John Kraus
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency's first chief astronomer.
Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger than Hubble's, helping scientists study dark energy, exoplanets, and the evolution of the universe.
Follow along with Roman's journey.
Image credit: NASA/John Kraus
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