NASA Roman Space Telescope launch: NASA's Roman Space Telescope launchNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on August 30 aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy from Florida. Named after NASA's first chief astronomer and “mother of Hubble”, the observatory will survey billions of galaxies, investigate dark matter and dark energy, hunt thousands of exoplanets and work alongside Hubble and James Webb.

The Roman Telescope is progressing as scheduled toward a launch on Aug. 30.

Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to