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Coronagraph Instrument Poster

Learning can be fun with Roman. Check out the following activities:

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Fields of View: Flip and Stamping

In this activity, participants investigate how a telescope's field of view (FOV) affects its efficiency and the science it can perform. 

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Roman Field of View Activity: Tube "Telescopes"

In this activity, participants compare and contrast the fields of view of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Roman Space Telescope, using the apparent size of the Moon in the sky for comparison.

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Bake a Cosmic Cake

To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman — NASA’s first chief astronomer and the namesake for the agency’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — we’re baking a cosmic birthday cake!

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Space Crafts with NASA

Space Crafts with NASA

In honor of the completion of our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s spacecraft — the vehicle that will maneuver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function once there — we’re bringing you some space crafts you can complete at home!

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Roman Knit Pattern

Roman Knit Pattern

Find the color work pattern for the Roman emblem, the Wide Field Instrument focal plane, which can be incorporated into a myriad of different knitting projects such as scarves, hats, cowls, pot holders, etc..

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Roman Space Telescope 3D model

Roman 3D Paper Model

Build your own 3D model of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! Try your hand as an engineer, and build a paper model of the Roman Space Telescope. Grab your scissors and glue and (safely) start building.

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Roman Coloring Pages

Our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope presents coloring pages. Unleash your creativity to bring these celestial scenes to life.

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Roman Space Telescope Valentine's Day Card

Roman Valentines

Infrared is red, Ultraviolet’s not quite blue, The Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope has some Valentine's Day Cards for you!

Be My Valentine
Roman Space Telescope pumpkin stencil

Pumpkin Stencil

Celebrate Halloween with this Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope footprint pumpkin stencil.

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Roman 3D Printed Model

3D Printed Model

The current design of the mission makes use of an existing 2.4-meter telescope, which is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Roman Space Observer Video Game

This game is intended to entertain players across a wide variety of interests and skillsets, all while spreading the word of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope and the fantastic science it will uncover. 

Can you beat the high scores?
Roman Space Observer video game
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Coronagraph Instrument Poster (key)
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Roman Coronagraph Instrument

NASA's Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. Click on IMAGE DETAILS below to view the artwork key.

1. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 2. Exoplanet Count : Total number of exoplanets discovered at the time of poster release. This number is increasing all of the time. 3. Nancy Grace Roman's birth year : Nancy Grace Roman was born on May 16, 1925.   4. Color Filters : Filters block different wavelengths, or colors, of light. 5. Exoplanet Camera 6. Deformable Mirrors : Adjusts the wavefront of incoming light by changing the shape of a mirror with thousands of tiny pistons. 7. Focal Plane Mask : This is a mask that helps to block starlight and reveal exoplanets. 8. Lyot Stop Mask : This is a mask that helps to block starlight and reveal exoplanets. 9. Fast Steering Mirror : This element corrects for telescope pointing jitter. 10. Additional Coronagraph Masks : These masks block most of the glare from stars to reveal faint orbiting planets and dusty debris disks.

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Coronagraph Pinball Poster

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Wide-Field Instrument (WFI)

The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform revolutionary astrophysics surveys. Click on IMAGE DETAILS below to view the artwork key.

1. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 2. Light Path : The light entering the telescope will take this path, bouncing off of multiple focusing mirrors and passing through filters or dispersers in the element wheel to reach the detectors. 3. Important Years : 1990: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope launched. 1960: Nancy Grace Roman became NASA's Chief Astronomer. 4. Field of View : Roman's field of view is about 100 times larger than that of the infrared camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. WFI's large field of view is achieved using an array of 18 detectors which are represented by the squares in this graphic 5. Detectors : This dial has one tick mark for each of WFI’s 18 detectors. 6. Modes : WFI has imaging and spectroscopy modes. 7. Wavelengths : WFI will observe in both visible and infrared light and can select which wavelengths    reach the detectors using filters in the element wheel. 8. "Dark Energy" Drink + "Dark Matter" Candy : Roman will enable new research into the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter.   9. Science Goals : The names of these games capture WFI’s role as a survey instrument and the types of surveys it will perform. 10. Joystick : This joystick features design elements found on the WFI’s element wheel assembly, a large, rotating metal disk with optics that filter or disperse light.

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Poster Front

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Poster Key

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(12 MB)

WFI Gaming Poster

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(45 MB)



NASA Learning Resources


Check out these NASA websites for more educational activities.

SpaceMath @ NASA

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NASA's Guide To Black Hole Safety

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NASA Kids Club

NASA provides a safe place for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions. Find games of various skill levels for children pre-K through grade 4. These games support national education standards in STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NASA's Curious Universe

NASA's 'Curious Universe' podcast

Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Explore faraway galaxies and dive into our astronaut training pool. First-time space explorers welcome.

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Space Place

NASA’s award-winning Space Place website engages upper-elementary-aged children in space and Earth science through interactive games, hands-on activities, fun articles and short videos.

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