Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left to right, Courtney Beasley, NASA communications; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director; John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II mission management team; and Emily Nelson, NASA’s chief flight director, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Antonia Jaramillo, NASA communications; Jeff Spaulding, senior NASA test director; and Mark Burger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in a news conference on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Jeff Spaulding, senior NASA test director, participates in a news conference on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Antonia Jaramillo, NASA communications, participates in a news conference on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left, Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Emily Nelson, NASA’s chief flight director, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, Rachel Kraft, NASA communications; Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate; Shawn Quinn, program manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Chris Cianciola, deputy manager, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Program; and Howard Hu, manager, Orion Program, participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Howard Hu, manager, Orion Program, participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Rachel Kraft, NASA communications participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; and Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute, participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left, Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate and Shawn Quinn, program manager, Exploration Ground Systems, participate in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left, Leah Martin, NASA Communications; Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters; Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX; and Justin McReynolds, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left, Claire Andreoli, NASA Communications; Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC, participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Chris Cianciola, deputy manager, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Program, participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Woody Hoburg, NASA astronaut, and commander of the Starliner’s next crewed mission, participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

John Mulholland, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew, participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

George Alderman, NASA deputy press secretary, hosts a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and Boeing leadership discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left to right, George Alderman, NASA deputy press secretary, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program; Woody Hoburg, NASA astronaut, and commander of the Starliner’s next crewed mission; and John Mulholland, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program, participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program, participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Woody Hoburg, NASA astronaut, and commander of the Starliner’s next crewed mission, participates in a news conference with NASA and Boeing leadership to discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station during a news conference Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA (Canadian Space Agency), addresses the media during a prelaunch news briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Participants include Caron; Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; and William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX. The Crew-13 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

Steve Siceloff, NASA communications, addresses the media during a prelaunch news briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Participants include Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA (Canadian Space Agency); and William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX (not pictured). The Crew-13 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

Steve Siceloff, NASA communications, addresses the media during a prelaunch news briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Participants include Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA (Canadian Space Agency); and William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX. The Crew-13 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, addresses the media during a prelaunch news briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Participants include Glaze; Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA (Canadian Space Agency); and William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX. The Crew-13 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, addresses the media during a prelaunch news briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Participants include Weigel; Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA (Canadian Space Agency); and William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX. The Crew-13 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

From left, Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX, participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left, Leah Martin, NASA Communications; Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters; Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX; and Justin McReynolds, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participate in a prelaunch news conference for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Mark Burger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in a news conference on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

From left, Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC, participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Justin McReynolds, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Leah Martin, NASA Communications, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II mission management team, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Lucas Paganini, Roman telescope program executive, NASA Headquarters in Washington, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Shawn Quinn, program manager, Exploration Ground Systems, participates in a news conference on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute, participates in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.