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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Postlaunch News Conference
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- NASA on Odysee
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- Aug 30, 2026
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Summary
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. ET (1126 UTC) on Aug. 30, 2026. Now, watch as experts discuss the mission and answer questions from the media. Participants include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA Goddard - Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard - Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA Kennedy Named for the agency's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's crisp, sweeping surveys will help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterize exoplanets, map billions of galaxies, study black holes, and explore objects from our own solar system to the edge of the observable universe. Learn more about Roman: https://www.nasa.gov/roman Credit: NASA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAJJwgpHs4