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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch
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 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing, is undergoing final laun...
- Date
- Aug 30, 2026
- Mission
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- NHQ202608290008
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 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing, is undergoing final launch preparations, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at NASA 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 NASA Kennedy is targeted for Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Image Details
| Date | 2026-08-29 |
| Photographer | NASA/Joel Kowsky |
| Center | HQ |
| Location | Kennedy Space Center |
| NASA ID | NHQ202608290008 |
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