In an image article published Aug. 31, 2026, NASA reported that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. The report describes the observatory transiting the Sun during launch, in an image credited to NASA/John Kraus.

According to NASA, the telescope is named after the agency's first chief astronomer. The agency says Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger than Hubble's, supporting study of dark energy, exoplanets and the evolution of the universe.

The account offers no further details on the mission's status, orbit or instrument performance.