NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

The article is an image article featuring a photo of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope transiting the Sun during launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger than Hubble’s, aiding studies of dark energy, exoplanets, and the evolution of the universe. NASA invites readers to follow along with Roman’s journey.