Roman Space Telescope Postlaunch News Conference

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. ET (1126 UTC) on Aug. 30, 2026. Now, watch as experts discuss the mission and answer questions from the media. Participants include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA Goddard - Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard - Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA Kennedy Named for the agency's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's crisp, sweeping surveys will help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, discover and characteriz...

Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to