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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Post Launch Press Conference

Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participates in a postlaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Cen...

Date
Aug 30, 2026
Mission
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Archive ID
KSC-20260830-PH-CSH01-0012
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Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participates in a postlaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 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 of Roman atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A

Image Details

Date2026-08-30
PhotographerNASA/Cory S Huston
CenterKSC
LocationKSC Press Site Auditorium
NASA IDKSC-20260830-PH-CSH01-0012

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