NASA Clears Roman Space Telescope for Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy Launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed a Flight Readiness Review held Friday at Kennedy Space Center with mission teams from NASA, the Roman program and SpaceX, clearing the observatory for final launch preparations [5]. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A in Florida [3]. The mission is set to study dark energy and dark matter, examine the physics of distant stars, and search for exoplanets [3][5], with expectations that it could detect as many as 200,000 new planets [4].

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2. aboutamazon.com · Amazon hourly employees became satellite technicians—then watched their work launch into space Aug 24, 2026
3. space.com · Nancy Grace Roman Telescope live updates: NASA readies Roman for launch Aug 24, 2026
4. wired.com · NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe Aug 24, 2026
5. sciencedaily.com · NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe Aug 24, 2026

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