NASA's Roman Space Telescope Parts and Assembly
The Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. The mission will revolutionize our understanding of the universe with its deep, crisp, sweeping views of space.
More than a thousand technicians and engineers assembled Roman from millions of individual components. Many parts were built and tested simultaneously to save time. Now that the observatory is assembled, it will undergo a spate of testing prior to shipping to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in summer 2026.
Learn more at Building Roman.
Music credit: “Unseen,” by David Husband [PRS], Universal Production Music
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- Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)
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- Jonathan North (eMITS)
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Science writer
- Ashley Balzer (eMITS)
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Public affairs officer
- Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC)
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This page was originally published on Friday, February 20, 2026.
This page was last updated on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM EST.