NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy Rocket

NASA confirms the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, marking the agency’s next large‑scale astrophysics payload scheduled for launch later this year and will be the first major NASA observatory launched on a Falcon Heavy vehicle.

SpaceX will provide the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, a heavy‑lift rocket capable of delivering the telescope to its intended orbit, continuing the company’s partnership with NASA on high‑profile scientific missions.

The Roman Telescope is designed as a wide‑field space observatory that will expand NASA’s ability to map the cosmos, complementing existing telescopes and supporting research on dark energy, exoplanets, and galaxy evolution.

Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host the launch, with NASA’s public affairs office providing live updates and tracking information as the Falcon Heavy lifts the telescope toward its operational orbit.