Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Reaction Wheel and Thruster Animations

Beauty pass of Roman, coming over the top of the solar panels.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Beauty pass of Roman, coming around from behind with high-gain antenna rotating. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Beauty pass of Roman, starting close to the primary mirror and pulling out to reveal the entire spacecraft.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

View from behind of Roman pointing to look in different directions.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Shot starts at the front of Roman and flys around to center on the coronagraph instrument.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Roman flys past the camera and fires the Delta-V thrusters.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Face-on view of Roman with the primary mirror visible. ACS thrusters above solar panels fire and Roman is pushed out of frame.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Roman fires smaller ACS (Attitude Control System) thrusters.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Roman fires ACS thrusters to unload reaction wheels, or allow them to slow down. Spacecraft doesn't move because reaction wheels counteract the rotational forces of the thrusters.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Roman rotating through pitch, roll and yaw motions.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Roman pitch, roll, yaw animation with an overlay showing the axes of rotation.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Fly-in to the back of Roman which peels away to reveal a close view of the reaction wheels.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Sunlight strikes Roman's solar panels and Sun shields, exerting a slight pressure that tips the spacecraft.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Side view of Roman tipping down and then tipping back up.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Fly-in shot to the reaction wheels. This version has colored overlays and numbers that indicate wheel rotation speeds.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Static view of Roman's six reaction wheels. The covers peel away to reveal the spinning wheels inside.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

Static view of six Roman reaction wheels with colored overlays appearing.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

View of six reaction wheels with some facts about them appearing on the left side.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab