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Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch News Conference
From left, Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman S...
- Date
- Aug 29, 2026
- Mission
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0064
From left, Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. 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 Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.
Image Details
| Date | 2026-08-29 |
| Photographer | NASA/Kim Shiflett |
| Center | KSC |
| Location | KSC TV Studio |
| NASA ID | KSC-20260829-PH-KLS02_0064 |
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