Assembling The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | NASA

Assembling The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | NASA

As NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, the late Dr. Nancy Grace Roman paved the way for space telescopes and for women in the sciences. She is credited with making NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope a reality. In September 2024, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed a key milestone and was approved for the next stage of construction. Work on the main systems that will make up the final spacecraft is finishing, and the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is ready to begin integration, the process of connecting them together. 

This video celebrates the effort to reach the final stages of assembly.

Learn more about Dr. Nancy Grace Roman: https://science.nasa.gov/people/nancy-roman/

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope:

https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov

https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/interactive/

Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship mission.  An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble, but 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from across the country are contributing to this effort.  

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer: Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)

Videographers: Sophia Roberts (eMITS)

Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)

Jolearra Tshiteya (ASRC Federal)

Public affairs officer: Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC)

Editor: Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Oct. 2, 2024

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