Technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida use a crane to lift the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to a specialized work stand June 26, 2026, as the mission prepares to launch nine months ahead of schedule. The Roman Space Telescope will offer a field of view at least 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's, resulting in deep, sweeping explorations of the cosmos.
Credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz)
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30.
NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live.
Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and its status, include:
- Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard
- Jeremy Perkins, Roman telescope integration and test scientist, NASA Goddard
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