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Katie Bisci: Resourcing for Big ScienceIMAGE
nasa.gov• Aug 28, 2025• 1 min read
Katie Bisci: Resourcing for Big ScienceDeputy Project Manager for Resources – Goddard Space Flight Center How are you helping set the stage for the Roman mission? I’m a deputy project manager for resources on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team, sharing the role with Kris Steeley. Together, we oversee the business team, finance, outreach, scheduling, and more. I focus […]
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space TelescopeIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jul 31, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space TelescopeTechnicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the observatory’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cover, the panels (together called the Lower Instrument Sun Shade), will play a critical role in keeping Roman’s instruments cool and stable as the mission explores the infrared universe. […]
One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic ExplosionsIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jul 15, 2025• 1 min read
One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic ExplosionsScientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman may even find evidence of some of the universe’s first stars, which are thought to completely self-destruct without leaving any remnant behind. Cosmic explosions offer […]
Hubble Captures an Active Galactic CenterIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jun 30, 2025• 1 min read
Hubble Captures an Active Galactic CenterThe light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of 250 million years. Its source was the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). At first glance, UGC 11397 appears to be an average spiral galaxy: it sports two graceful spiral arms that are […]
Core Components for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Major Shake TestIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jun 4, 2025• 1 min read
Core Components for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Major Shake TestThe core portion of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch. Passing this key milestone brings Roman one step closer to helping answer essential questions about the role of dark energy and other cosmic mysteries. “The test could be considered as […]
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Let’s Bake a Cosmic Cake!IMAGE
science.nasa.gov• May 15, 2025• 1 min read
Let’s 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 birthday cake! This isn’t your ordinary birthday treat — this cosmic cake represents the contents of our universe and everything […]
I’m an exoplanet scientist. Here’s what we lose if we don’t launch Roman.IMAGE
spacenews.com• May 13, 2025• 1 min read
I’m an exoplanet scientist. Here’s what we lose if we don’t launch Roman.The president’s proposed budget includes major cuts to NASA — among them, the elimination of funding for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Set to launch in just two years, […] The post I’m an exoplanet scientist. Here’s what we lose if we don’t launch Roman. appeared first on SpaceNews.
Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum TestIMAGE
nasa.gov• May 7, 2025• 1 min read
Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum TestOne half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. This milestone keeps Roman well on track for its target launch by May 2027, with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. “This milestone tees us up […]
NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour SkiesIMAGE
nasa.gov• Apr 24, 2025• 1 min read
NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour SkiesNASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics while enabling expansive cosmic exploration that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe. “Roman’s setting out to do […]
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: January–March 2025IMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Mar 20, 2025• 1 min read
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: January–March 2025NASA’s Earth Observing fleet continues to age gracefully. While several new missions have joined the fleet in the past year, scientists and engineers work to extend the life of existing missions and maximize their science along the way. The crowning example is the first Earth Observing System (EOS) Flagship mission, Terra, which celebrated a quarter-century […]
Jamie DunnIMAGE
nasa.gov• Feb 28, 2025• 1 min read
Jamie DunnProject Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Jamie Dunn — now a project manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — naturally became interested in planes. While he initially wanted to be a pilot, he chose aerospace engineering as a college major. “I originally had […]
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Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument PosterIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 14, 2025• 1 min read
Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument PosterNASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will fly aboard NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Coronagraphs work by blocking light from […]
Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument PosterIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 14, 2025• 1 min read
Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument PosterThe 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. This specialized camera detects faint light across the cosmos and will be used to study a wide range of astrophysics topics including the expansion and […]
New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman TelescopeIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 14, 2025• 1 min read
New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman TelescopeAstronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will help scientists explore a myriad of Roman’s science goals. “We used a supercomputer to create a synthetic universe and simulated billions of years of evolution, tracing […]
Discovery Alert: a ‘Hot Neptune’ in a Tight OrbitIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Nov 26, 2024• 1 min read
Discovery Alert: a ‘Hot Neptune’ in a Tight OrbitBy Grace Jacobs Corban The Discovery A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form. Key Facts An international team of scientists used the NASA space telescope, TESS […]
Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space TelescopeIMAGE
nasa.gov• Aug 29, 2024• 1 min read
Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space TelescopeThe stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big. Today, he’s a mechanical engineer working on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard. Name: Aaron VigilTitle: Mechanical EngineerFormal Job Classification: Aerospace Technology, Flight StructuresOrganization: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Technology Directorate (Code […]
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NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in AstrophysicsIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Aug 15, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in AstrophysicsNASA has awarded Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowships (RTF) to five early-career researchers in astrophysics for the class of 2023. The program will support the advancement of their ideas for new technologies to further the exploration of the universe. This annual fellowship gives researchers the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to become principal investigators […]
How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet ResearchIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Aug 8, 2024• 1 min read
How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet ResearchNASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Over 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed to date — and given that scientists estimate at least one exoplanet exists for every star in the sky, the hunt has just […]
How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic DawnIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jul 25, 2024• 1 min read
How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic DawnToday, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a “fog” that made it opaque, cloaking the first stars and galaxies. NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will probe the universe’s subsequent transition to the brilliant starscape we see today –– […]