Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A (Florida, United States)
Launch date:
30 August 2026 at 23:59:56 UTC (T-62 days)
Status:
Waiting for launch
Launch description
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission. The launch date is currently targeted for August 30, 2026 (UTC).
Missions
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope:
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center on a mission to a Sun-Earth L2 orbit. The payload is a wide-field infrared space observatory with a 2.4-meter telescope, Wide Field Instrument, and Coronagraph Technology Demonstration that surveys the cosmos to study dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.