NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Side Boosters Begin Return

NASA Science reports that the two side boosters on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope separated from the center core after shutting down their engines at about two minutes, twenty‑four seconds into flight, then performed a flip to face back toward the launch site. Their boost‑back burns are expected to last just over one minute, and the boosters are scheduled to land near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at about seven minutes, forty seconds after launch while the core continues powering the second stage toward the telescope’s destination. Live coverage can be watched on NASA plus and other platforms.

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