@NASAKennedy: .@NASARoman is GO for Launch! NASA and SpaceX mission teams polled “GO” during today's Launch Readiness Review. Liftoff…
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NASA and SpaceX have given the go-ahead for the launch of the Roman Space Telescope, scheduled for August 30th, to investigate dark energy, exoplanets, and map galaxies.
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.@NASARoman is GO for Launch!
NASA and SpaceX mission teams polled “GO” during today’s Launch Readiness Review.
Liftoff of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeted for 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday Aug. 30 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy! https://t.co/qRgUn7pLGO https://t.co/YPQ1OdawIg
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope ‘Go’ for Launch
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/08/28/nasas-roman-space-telescope-go-for-launch/ NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is “go” for launch following completion of the agency and SpaceX’s Launch Readiness Review Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Launch Readiness Review is the final review before proceeding into launch countdown. It confirms if Falcon Heavy, the Roman observatory, weather, and supporting teams are ready for liftoff.
Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 Weather Squadron are predicting a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, which is targeted for 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.
This will be the sixth NASA primary mission with SpaceX to launch on a Falcon rocket from Kennedy, afterIXPE(Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer),Psyche,NOAA’s GOES-U(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U),Europa Clipper, andIMAP(Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe).
Roman’s deep, sweeping surveys will help investigate dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterize planets beyond our solar system, map billions of galaxies, study black holes, and share enormous amounts of data with both scientists and the public.
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