NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch
22 Apr 2026, 17:46 GMT
By Ashley Balzer
Topic: Exoplanets
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-targets-early-september-for-roman-space-telescope-launch/
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency’s commitment to flight no later than May 2027. “Roman’s accelerated development is a true success story of what we can achieve when public investment, institutional expertise, and private enterprise come together to take