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Roman Space Telescope Transport to PHSF
The sun sets on Sunday, June 21, 2026, at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to undergo prelaunch processing. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother o...
- Date
- Aug 21, 2026
- Mission
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- KSC-20260621-PH-SNW01_0002
The sun sets on Sunday, June 21, 2026, at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to undergo prelaunch processing. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet‑forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. Liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A is targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.
Image Details
| Date | 2026-06-21 |
| Photographer | NASA/Scott Wiessinger |
| Center | KSC |
| Location | PHSF |
| NASA ID | KSC-20260621-PH-SNW01_0002 |
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