NASA’s Roman Space Telescope ‘Go’ for Launch
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is “go” for launch following completion of the agency and SpaceX’s Launch Readiness Review Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The post NASA’s Roman Space Telescope ‘Go’ for Launch appeared first on NASA Science .
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has received the final “go” for its upcoming launch, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 30 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The confirmation comes after the agency and SpaceX’s successful Launch Readiness Review, which verified the readiness of the Falcon Heavy rocket, the Roman observatory, weather conditions, and supporting teams.
Meteorologists at the U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 Weather Squadron forecast a 60% chance of favorable weather for the liftoff at 7:26 a.m. EDT. This mission marks the sixth primary mission for SpaceX to launch from Kennedy Space Center, following IXPE, Psyche, NOAA’s GOES-U, Europa Clipper, and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.
Roman’s extensive surveys will aid in understanding dark energy and dark matter, discovering and characterizing exoplanets, mapping billions of galaxies, studying black holes, and providing vast quantities of data to scientists and the public. For more details on the mission, visit www.nasa.gov/roman.
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