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Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test

One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will…

NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct…

Mike Drury: A 40-Year Legacy of Precision

Deputy Integration and Testing Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Mike Drury began at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in…

Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One…

Jamie Dunn

Project Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Jamie Dunn — now…

NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that…

NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If…

Hsiao Smith

Deputy Observatory Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, Hsiao Smith — now the deputy…

New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman Telescope

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace…