[NASA] Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy

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NASA/Amber Jean Notvest

In this June 21, 2026, photo,

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arrives at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard

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. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Named for

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and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet‑forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Image credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest

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