Roman Space Telescope Set for Sunday Falcon Heavy Launch from Kennedy
August 28, 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory pairs spy satellite optical technology with sophisticated infrared detectors, delivering a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble's. When operational early next year, it will become NASA's third major flagship space observatory currently active. Roman is designed to map the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubbl