{"id":462271,"date":"2026-06-25T05:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=5a632aa34d38d5ed28315cf14c33cd14"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:42:34","slug":"roman-telescope-comes-to-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=462271","title":{"rendered":"Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\/Amber Jean Notvest<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In this June 21, 2026, photo, NASA\u2019s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope<\/a> arrives at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge<\/a>. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport\u2019s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

Named for NASA\u2019s first chief astronomer<\/a> and \u201cmother of the Hubble Space Telescope,\u201d Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble\u2019s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet\u2011forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Amber Jean Notvest<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this June 21, 2026, photo, NASA\u2019s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport\u2019s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Named for NASA\u2019s first [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15717,15619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kennedy-space-center","category-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t