NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

In a sepia-toned photo, the Sun appears as a bright, enormous orb that appears to have frayed edges. Against this backdrop, a tall and slender rocket is seen in silhouette atop a cloudy plume.
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

Source: www.nasa.gov

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