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Tomorrow morning, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to take flight! Weather officials with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 have predicted a 50% chance of favorable weather conditions for tomorrow morning’s launch, with the primary concern being the Cumulus Cloud Rule. Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, this next-generation observatory will set out to answer essential questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics. With a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, Roman could measure light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime! The spacecraft itself is an impressive sight. Weighing over 20,000 lbs when fully fueled, Roman is over 42 feet long and more than 14 feet wide when fully deployed. Once in space, Roman will orbit roughly one million miles from Earth at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2), the same orbit as the James Webb Space Telescope. At 7:26 a.m. EDT, Roman is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. About 8 minutes after liftoff, listen for the double sonic booms as the two side boosters return to Landing Zones 2 and 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! Based here at Kennedy, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) manages the Falcon Heavy launch service for this mission. Roman will be LSP’s 109th primary mission! Roman also marks LSP's 14th primary mission to fly with SpaceX, and 4th to be launched on a Falcon Heavy.

Roman is ready for liftoff tomorrow at 7:26 a.m. EDT! The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Roman is packed up and ready to roll! 🚀 NASA's @NASARoman is now encapsulated in the Falcon Heavy fairing ahead of a targeted launch on Aug. 30 from Kennedy. Next stop, the hangar at Launch Complex 39A. go.nasa.gov/4c9hkxt

NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. Contract awardees are: - All Points Logistics LLC - Blue Origin LLC - Firefly Aerospace - L3Harris Technologies Inc. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4gjHBdS

Media accreditation is now open for two Kennedy launches, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission! The deadlines to apply are July 26 for international media and July 30 for US media. Targeting launch for Roman no earlier than Aug. 30, and no earlier than mid-September for Crew-13. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/44FoUvE