NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch
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NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch

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NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch

Summary: NASA announced on April 22, 2026, that its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team is now targeting launch as soon as early September 2026, ahead of the agency's committed flight date. The observatory is scheduled for delivery to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June, before launching aboard a commercial rocket.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (NASA image)Credit: NASA (Public Domain)

Formerly known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), the Roman Space Telescope was renamed in May 2020 after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief of woman power and the "Mother of Hubble." The telescope will map the cosmos with unprecedented wide-field views, helping scientists study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets.

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