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The month of September is bringing plenty of memorable skywatching events that you must try not to miss. These events start right from the first day, with the subsequent weeks bringing meteors, a Full Moon, and multiple celestial meet-ups to the night sky. Here are the biggest occurrences to look forward to in September. Perseid Meteor Shower captured over Joshua Tree National Park on August 12, 2026 in Joshua Tree, California.

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope lifted off gloriously on Sunday, August 30, toward its destination in deep space with the objective to answer questions about the dark universe and boost efforts to find habitable planets. The NASA observatory hitched its ride aboard SpaceX’s most powerful operational rocket, Falcon Heavy, which lifted off at 7:26 am EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun installing the four RS-25 engines into the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket assigned for Artemis III. In other developments, the Orion crew capsule, which will find its place on top of the rocket ahead of launch next year, was tested following a key milestone, while the integration of the twin solid rocket boosters is also progressing smoothly.

Spacewalks may look routine from Earth, but there is a lot of work packed into every trip outside the International Space Station. NASA astronaut and station commander Jessica Meir and ESA's Sophie Adenot are set to head outside the station tomorrow, September 1, for several maintenance tasks, and NASA will provide live coverage of the extravehicular activity (EVA). The International Space Station is seen with Earth in the background. (Image Source: NASA) When will the spacewalk begin?

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is currently cruising in space after its successful launch on August 30. The flagship observatory hitched a ride atop the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which lifted off at 7:26 am EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing its second mission of the year.

NASA has announced that it is postponing the launch of its Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station due to an issue with the Dragon spacecraft. Crew-13 will be the 13th crew rotation mission of SpaceX's human transportation system, and it was scheduled to launch no earlier than September 12 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. With @SpaceX, we’re adjusting the launch date of our Crew-13 mission to the @Space_Station.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully deployed, and it is now flying on its own to the Lagrange Point 2, or L2, about a million miles away from Earth. The telescope launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket at 7:26 EDT today (August 30) from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, and about half an hour into the mission, it was released from the launch vehicle’s upper stage.

NASA’s brand new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched atop SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket earlier today (August 30) with the objective to transform our view of the universe. The $4 billion observatory is on its way to the second Earth-Sun Lagrange Point, or L2, to take panoramic pictures of the cosmos in order to unravel mysteries of the dark universe and find potentially habitable planets.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is finally enroute to space. The brand-new observatory lifted off at 7:26 am ET on August 30 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop the Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX’s most powerful operational rocket. This mission marked Falcon Heavy's second mission this year and the first and third flights of the two first-stage side boosters—the latter has previously supported GOES-U and Viasat-3 F3 missions.

The U.S. is moving toward its first Space Academy after President Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order. This will be the country’s first-ever national institution that will train the next generation of astronauts and space operators. Trump signed the order on Friday, August 28, 2026, during a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.