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Four-panel comic. Friday review at Kennedy; a GO stamp on a Roman folder; a Falcon Heavy on the pad at 7:26; two cartoon telescopes say portraits and close-ups over a wide sky map.
Portraits. Close-ups. (Roman does the wide map.) · Original comic, Science desk. News: NASA Roman blog, Aug. 21, 2026.

Science and Space

Last go-ahead for Roman

NASA, the Roman team, and SpaceX finished a Flight Readiness Review on Friday at Kennedy. Target is no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, Falcon Heavy, Pad 39A. Nine months ahead is only in the Aug. 10 operations post, not Friday’s FRR note — left out of the strip.

Source: NASA