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Roman Space Telescope Broadcast Isaacman Fly by 39A
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flight of his personally owned F-5 Tiger II aircraft on a flyby of Launch Complex 39A where a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing, is undergoing fina...
- Date
- Aug 29, 2026
- Mission
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- KSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0025
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flight of his personally owned F-5 Tiger II aircraft on a flyby of Launch Complex 39A where a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing, is undergoing final launch preparations, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center 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. Liftoff from Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30.
Image Details
| Date | 2026-08-29 |
| Photographer | NASA/Clayton Rougelot |
| Center | KSC |
| Location | KSC |
| NASA ID | KSC-20260829-PH-RCR01_0025 |
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