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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Is Ready to Fly

Sky & Telescope·David Dickinson·about 1 month ago
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NASA has announced that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set for a September launch. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA / Jolearra Tshiteya NASA’s newest space telescope mission is headed to its final destination ahead of launch. The agency has given us a first look at the fully assembled Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and a preview of the exciting mission ahead. The mission started life as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), which itself incorporated design elements from the previously proposed Joint Dark Energy Mission. To give you an idea of just how long the pipeline from selection to launch is, WFIRST was named a high priority in NASA’s Astrophysics Decadal Survey way back in 2010. The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, an American astronomer who pioneered research into stellar motion and stellar classification.…

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