The Roman telescope is about to take planet-hunting to the next level0

• SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• August 28, 2026

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope undergoes vibration testing before its launch, scheduled for 30 August. Credit: Sydney Rohde/NASA/Roman Space Telescope (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) It’s crunch time at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Since earlier this summer, a countdown clock by the campus’s main gate in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been ticking down to 30 August.