How did this one get by me?

I should have seen this story earlier in the week, but missed it.  

The next big space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at the KSC this past Sunday morning. The NGRST will undergo a series of tests and final assembly operations while waiting for the proper launch window to arrive, to launch to the L2 Lagrange Point, currently the home of the James Webb Space Telescope, the European Union's Euclid infrared space telescope and a convenient place for passing visitors, like the Escapade mission did on the way to Mars. Both Escapade satellites are on the way to Mars now, not at the L2 point. 

NASA has chosen a Falcon Heavy to get the NGRST to its destination. There have been 11 Falcon Heavy launches to date, with a 100% success rate for the 230-foot-tall, heavy lift vehicle. Not surprising since it's three different Falcon 9s strapped together (although the upper stage is different) and that's the most reliable vehicle in history.

The launch is currently targeted for August 30th. 

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, nestled inside its transport container nicknamed ‘the Chariot’, passes by the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

I suppose calling it ‘the Chariot’ is probably a joke based on 'Roman' in the NGRST's name, but it's not a reference to the Roman Empire, it's a tribute to Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief Astronomer.

An illustration of the field of view of Roman Space Telescope vs. the Hubble Space Telescope.  From the NASA Roman mission website. 2000 square degrees vs 1.6. 

If you want to know something else to make  you a fan of the NGRST, there was a statement I ran across a while back that I'm sure I've never heard in a NASA program certainly not heard of elsewhere. The August 30th launch for the NGRST is eight months ahead of schedule, and under budget.