NASA’s Nancy Grace Telescope Treks Toward September Launch

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Mark Carreau
April 21, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Credit: NASA

HOUSTON—NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to depart Maryland’s Goddard Space Flight Center for launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center as soon as early September. The launch, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, would come after years of development and prelaunch testing, some of it around…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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