Roman Vertical Video

Vertical version with text-on-screen and no-text options.NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed an epic 8-day voyage, the culmination of more than a decade of dedicated cross-country teamwork. This video retraces Roman's journey from humble beginnings as individual components spread across the country to the observatory's completion at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and finally to the launch site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Next, Roman will undergo final preparations prior to launch, which is slated for Aug. 30.Narrated by John Rhys-DaviesMusic: “Comic Book Hero,” Adam Saunders [PRS] and Mark Stephen Cousins [PRS], Universal Production Music Complete transcript available.

Vertical version.The primary mirror for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed its final inspection. On May 20 and 21, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed that no specks fell onto the mirrors during testing and that there are no defects in the coating or alignment. With this milestone complete, the primary mirror is ready for its next view: space.Music: “All This Time,” Joseph Michael Robbins [PRS], Universal Production Music Complete transcript available.

A vertical version of the video above. This is available for download with and without captions.Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts

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A short, vertically-formatted overview of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. One version does not have captions on screen. Music credit: “Fire,” by Frederick Helmut Wiedmann [GMR], Universal Production Music

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Vertical version of Widening Our Gaze, with a run time below 90 seconds.Music: “Forever Clouds,” Cyrus Reynolds [BMI], Universal Production Music Complete transcript available.

Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

00:00 Many people in head-to-toe white clean room suits stand in a large room and a tall silvery structure moves in from the side. Text reads “The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s main section has left the clean room.” 00:04 View from above looking into the bluish clean room with the silver-foil-wrapped tall hexagon of Roman moving out through a large roll-up door. 00:07 Roman fills the frame, surrounded by people in white. 00:10 People push at the base holding Roman, moving it with effort. 00:12 View from above of Roman leaving one room through a tall doorway. 00:14 People in white look up at Roman filling the doorway and frame. Text reads “The Roman team moved it through the halls …” 00:16 Time-lapse view of Roman suspended from crane arm, moving along hallway surrounded by many people in white. 00:20 One person in white with a dark blue hood looks up. 00:21 The back of a person in white looking up at Roman filling the rest of the frame. 00:23 Time-lapse view of suspended Roman moving down the hallway and stopping. 00:26 New angle of Roman, which lifts up in the frame and moves back toward a large gray cylindrical structure. Text reads “and into the Space Environment Simulator.” 00:31 Roman dangles above, moving sideways in front of a large poster rendering of the final spacecraft. 00:34 Roman moves sideways into frame above the gray, pipe-covered cylinder. People in white stand on the top edge. 00:36 Camera looks straight up at ceiling from inside of gray cylinder. Roman moves overhead. Text reads “The chamber will replicate the cold and vacuum of space.” 00:38 From edge of cylinder, Roman moves directly over the center. 00:39 View up from inside again. Roman descends with thin white cords dangling out of frame. 00:41 From the side of the chamber, a person in white looks up while the base of Roman descends. 00:43 Closer view right at top edge of chamber. Roman moves vertically through the frame. Text reads “for 70 days of testing.” 00:46 Inside the chamber, the bright silver lower part of Roman lowers toward people and silvery hardware on the floor. 00:48 A door into the chamber, with many white-suited people standing in it, shows Roman in the background. 00:50 A person with a flashlight inspects the plastic-and-foil-wrapped side of Roman. 00:52 Lit with blue light reflecting off foil, a person in white works from inside the stand supporting Roman. 00:54 Viewed from nearby, the dull gray domed lid of the chamber slides into place over the top. It is held from above by a complex structure. 00:58 From inside the dark chamber, two backlit people in white swing a large, square door closed. Text reads “to show systems will work when Roman is on orbit.” Fade to black. 01:04 NASA logo appears.

Video description: 00:00 A person in a head-to-toe white clean room suit extends their hands to reach a large gray trapezoidal panel. Text reads, “3, 2, 1.” 00:02 Different videos play on the top and bottom of the screen. Each shows an angle of two people in clean room suits walking while holding a large trapezoidal gray panel.Text reads, “This is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Lower Instrument Sun Shade.” 00:07 Several close ups on people in clean room suits as they lift the large gray panel. Text reads, “Technicians recently installed the sunshields on Roman’s core assembly.” 00:11 The camera pans down to reveal the gray panel being attached at the bottom of a massive piece of space hardware for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. 00:13 An artist's concept of Roman in space. Text reads, “They sit below the solar panels to reduce stray light.” Arrows point toward the left end of the spacecraft. 00:17 A wide shot of the large Roman hardware showing its left half. A gray panel extends from the left side, slowly moving outwards independently. 00:21 A wide shot of the large Roman hardware showing its right half. A gray panel deploys outward to the right. Text reads, “Next step: The whole assembly will enter the Space Environment Simulator.” 00:28 Eight people in clean room suits stand in front of the large Roman assembly. Behind them, gray panels jut out on either side. 00:30 A NASA logo appears on screen in front of the people.

00:00 A man in a white cleanroom suit faces the camera with his arms crossed. 00:02 A wide view of the same man now shown to be in front of a large piece of space hardware. The massive structure behind him resembles a chunky black tulip with small patches of light red. The tulip shape has flat sides, which are red and black solar panels that are rectangular at the bottom and coffin shaped on top. Text reads, “NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s solar panels have been installed.” 00:07 A person in a cleanroom suit lies horizontally on a platform that resembles a diving board. The camera follows as the platform raises to approach a large piece of space hardware covered in gray thermal blanketing. Text reads, “These panels will power Roman and help keep its instruments cool.” 00:09 The person guides a suspended solar panel onto the blanketed hardware. Several other people assist. 00:14 The screen splits to show two videos at once. On the top, several people in cleanroom suits dangle over the space hardware to install a solar panel. On the bottom, a crane lifts a solar panel into the air. 00:17 The split screen now shows a time lapse of the front and side views of the solar panel installation. After a set of panels is installed, the structure rotates to make another side available to install panels on. 00:24 A person in a cleanroom suit works on hardware through a tunnel of thermal blanketing. 00:27 A view from below of a person carefully guiding a suspended solar panel into place. 00:31 Another suspended person lifts the harness off the solar panel. 00:34 A front view of the installed solar panels. The three visible paneled sides of the structure create a backwards trifold shape. Text reads, “Next step: testing to ensure a successful launch.” 00:38 The camera pans to show people wearing cleanroom suits standing in lifts in front of the installed solar panels. 00:44 The logo for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope glows white on a dark blue background.

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This video covers hardware highlights from the summer and fall of 2024.Music credit: “Distinction,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Universal Production MusicCredit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Roman's optics have arrived in style from L3Harris Let's unbox the Optical Telescope Assembly! This is the final hardware component to arrive at @NASAGoddard, meaning all the pieces of Roman are here and ready to be put together!Music: "For Eternity," Kavin Hoo [ASCAP], Universal Production Music

This video covers hardware highlights from the spring of 2024.Music credit: “Aether,” Espen Haagensli [TONO], Universal Production MusicCredit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Music credit: Your Intensity of Spirit by Jay Price - Universal Production Music

This short, vertical time-lapse video of Roman shows the major integration steps of the key systems to form SCIPA, or the Spacecraft Integrated Payload Assembly. It includes the spacecraft bus, with all the support systems and electronics, the Wide Field Instrument, the Coronagraph Instrument, and the Optical Telescope Assembly, which is built around the 2.4 meter (7.9 foot) primary mirror. This version is suitable for social media applications.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic credit: “Forgotten Fortunes,” Magnum Opus [ASCAP], Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.

Short, vertically-formatted version of time-lapse for social media use.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic credit: "Irregular Quadrilateral" from the album Geometric Shapes. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard.Complete transcript available.

Same as the above with captions burned in to video.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.Music credit: "Breaking the Code" from Universal Production Music

Vertical shortened version of the horizontal video.Music Credit: "Maximist" by Michael BlaineyComplete transcript available.

This shortened video covers Roman's Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey. It is edited to under one minute and available in a vertical format for social media.Music: "Beyond Truth" from Universal Production Music

This shortened video covers Time-Domain Astronomy. It is edited to under one minute and available in a vertical format for social media.Music: "Elapsing Time" from Universal Production Music

Shorter, vertical version of the video for social media.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Origami TreeMusic: "Digital Dreamscape" from Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.

Same as above, but in vertical format and under one minute for social media.Music: "Knowledge and Process" from Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.

Same as above but edited as vertical video for social media.

Short promotional video for the Nancy Grace Roman Interactive. Vertical format for phone screens.Music: "Braniacs and Machines" from Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available.

Roman Observer Teaser video for Black Hole Week 2024.Music: “Voyager,” Jeremy Stack [PRS], Universal Production Music and “Novelty Act,” Steve Martin [PRS] Universal Production Music

Roman Observer Teaser video for initial game release.Music: “On the Tube,” Ambroise Dehaiis [SACEM], Universal Production Music and “Arcade Avenger,” Lance Morrison [ASCAP], Universal Production Music