Ready to Roman: Caltech Teams Celebrate Telescope Launch, Look Ahead to Future

After over a decade of development with mission partners, Caltech, IPAC, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are excited to support and pursue new areas of research and discovery following Sunday’s launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope The next generation of exoplanet imaging technology, designed and built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for the agency, has launched aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope . The flagship observatory lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 4:26 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, August 30, 2026, and