Key Support Equipment Arrives at Kennedy for Roman Space Telescope
Ground support equipment, including HEPA wall modules, has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to support processing of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The equipment will maintain clean room conditions during critical pre-launch activities such as spacecraft fueling. The telescope is scheduled to launch in early September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
- ▪Technicians offloaded eight 1,800-pound HEPA wall modules at Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on April 27, 2026.
- ▪The equipment helps meet the Roman Space Telescope's strict cleanliness requirements during launch processing.
- ▪Roman will use its Wide Field Instrument and Coronagraph Instrument to study dark energy, cosmic evolution, and exoplanets.
- ▪The telescope is targeting a launch in early September from Launch Complex 39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
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2 min readKey Support Equipment Arrives at Kennedy for Roman Space TelescopeLeejay LockhartMay 01, 2026 Image Article Technicians at NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida offloaded eight high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) wall modules and other ground support equipment on April 27. The equipment will support launch processing of the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Each 1,800-pound module enhances the PHSF’s clean room systems, helping meet the telescope’s stringent cleanliness requirements during its time in the facility, where the observatory will undergo key tasks such as spacecraft fueling prior to liftoff.
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