Project News

Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • November 14th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical...

NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • October 28th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s 'Exoskeleton' Whirls Through Major Test

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • October 8th, 2024

A major component of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just took a spin on the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Called the Outer...

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • September 17th, 2024

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of construction,...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to Investigate Galactic Fossils

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • August 29th, 2024

The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or...

NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • June 12th, 2024

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory contributed to a project that sets the stage for two telescopes investigating one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries.

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • May 21st, 2024

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image.

How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • May 8th, 2024

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 17th, 2024

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned...

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 4th, 2024

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady...