Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

This illustration shows NASA's Roman mission in shades of blue. A multi-sided cylindrical body has an opening at its top. Exending from the opening are panels along the top half. A flat panel on the back represents the solar panel. Along the side of the body a few instruments are visible.
An illustration of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.
NASA
December 20, 2022
CreditNASA
Historical DateDecember 20, 2022
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An illustration of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.

Roman is a wide-field infrared space telescope that will investigate dark energy, far-off exoplanets, the history of the universe, and more. Its Wide Field Instrument will have a field of view 100 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope's infrared instrument. Roman's other instrument, the Coronagraph Instrument, will perform spectroscopy and high-contrast imaging of nearby exoplanets.

Planned launch: By May 2027

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