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13 videos

  1. Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Launch and Path to L2

    Published: 18 Oct 2026

    A live conversation with two Goddard team members about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launched on a Falcon Heavy on August 30 and is traveling to Sun-Earth L2.

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    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    In progress

  2. Roman Space Telescope Launches on Falcon Heavy: NASA Briefing

    Published: 30 Aug 2026

    NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 7:26 a.m.

    View mission: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
    Outcome
    In progress

  3. Roman Space Telescope Launch on Falcon Heavy From Pad 39A

    Published: 30 Aug 2026

    NASA's live broadcast followed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, set for 7:26 a.m.

    View mission: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
    Outcome
    In progress

  4. Falcon Heavy Launches the Roman Space Telescope Toward L2

    Published: 30 Aug 2026

    Everyday Astronaut hosted live coverage of Falcon Heavy launching NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.

    View mission: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
    Outcome
    Success

  5. Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch Briefing: Falcon Heavy, Weather

    Published: 29 Aug 2026

    NASA and SpaceX hold the prelaunch news conference for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, targeting a Falcon Heavy liftoff from pad 39A on August 30 at 7:26 a.m.

    View mission: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A

  6. Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing Ahead of Launch

    Published: 29 Aug 2026

    NASA's science news conference, held a day before the scheduled Aug.

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  7. Roman Space Telescope: Hubble-Sized Mirror, 200 Times the View

    Published: 28 Aug 2026

    The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA flagship infrared survey telescope with a Hubble-sized 2.4 m mirror and a 300-megapixel wide field instrument.

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  8. Webb and Rubin Compared: Deep Fields Versus the Whole Southern Sky

    Published: 30 Jun 2025

    A comparison of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Vera Rubin Observatory, which released its first images the week the video was made.

    Vehicle
    James Webb Space Telescope

  9. How Webb Works: Infrared Design, Build and Ariane 5 Launch

    Mission: 2021Published: 20 Dec 2024

    An animated explainer of how space telescopes work, comparing Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope.

    View mission: James Webb Space Telescope (2021)
    Launch site
    Guiana Space Center, French Guiana
    Outcome
    In progress

  10. Euclid Launch on Falcon 9: ESA’s Dark Universe Telescope Lifts Off

    Mission: 2023Published: 1 Jul 2023

    SpaceX launched ESA's Euclid space telescope on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 11:12 a.m.

    View mission: Euclid (2023)
    Vehicle
    Falcon 9
    Launch site
    Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
    Outcome
    Success

  11. Webb’s Ariane 5 Launch from Kourou, Tracked Stage by Stage

    Mission: 2021Published: 25 Dec 2021

    Coverage of the James Webb Space Telescope lifting off on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre on December 25, 2021, at 12:20 GMT.

    View mission: James Webb Space Telescope (2021)
    Vehicle
    Ariane 5
    Launch site
    Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana (ELA-3)

  12. Webb’s Christmas Day Launch on Ariane 5: Countdown to Separation

    Mission: 2021Published: 25 Dec 2021

    Official NASA and ESA broadcast of the James Webb Space Telescope launch on an Ariane 5 from French Guiana on 25 December 2021.

    View mission: James Webb Space Telescope (2021)
    Vehicle
    Ariane 5
    Launch site
    Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana

  13. Webb Telescope Launch and Deployment Sequence on Ariane 5

    Mission: 2021Published: 24 Jan 2017

    An animation from Northrop Grumman depicts the planned launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 and its deployment on the way to Sun-Earth L2, 1 million miles from Earth.

    View mission: James Webb Space Telescope (2021)
    Vehicle
    Ariane 5