NASA's Roman Space Telescope Launches on Million-Mile Journey to Final Orbit

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on August 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A. Roman is now on a three-month journey spanning approximately one million miles to reach its designated orbit. Once operational, the telescope is expected to help scientists uncover some of the universe's least understood phenomena.

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