# Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope High Speed Footage - Flag Shot (KSC-20260830-MH-CSH01-0002-Roman Space Telescope Launch High Speed Footage)

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope rises to space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. The milestone begins the observatory’s journey to explore the large‑scale structure of the universe. 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 occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope_High_Speed_Footage_-_Flag_Shot_(KSC-20260830-MH-CSH01-0002-Roman_Space_Telescope_Launch_High_Speed_Footage).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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