Home Space News An earlier target for Roman means one of NASA’s most ambitious observatories is getting close, with the potential to open a huge new era in space discovery NASA NASA is now aiming to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as early September 2026, a faster timeline than its earlier commitment to fly no later than May 2027. That alone makes this one of the agency’s most important missions to watch over the next few months. The reason is simple, Roman is built to scan vast parts of the sky with sharp infrared vision. Instead of focusing narrowly on a small patch at a time, it’s designed to gather broad, deep surveys that can help scientists study dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, galaxies, and stars at a scale that’s hard to match. NASA also expects the telescope to produce a 20,000 terabyte archive over its five-year primary mission.…