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It began with the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, where the community called for a wide-field infrared survey telescope: WFIRST. This was Roman’s start. Institutes and businesses across the country began developing new hardware to support this mission. At the observatory’s heart was a mirror the same size as Hubble’s and a set of 18 state-of-the-art detectors that allowed for both a massive field of view and extremely high angular resolution. This combination would allow Roman to create vast and detailed surveys of the universe unlike anything seen before. Roman also holds a Coronagraph Instrument to test hardware never before flown in space. It will be able to see distant planets orbiting other stars and is a major step toward finding life outside the solar system.Much of Roman’s hardware was developed and built in-house at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Other key systems came from places like NASA’s JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), BAE Systems, and L3Harris. Beginning in 2023, all the parts converged on Goddard. Inside Goddard’s enormous clean room, a team of dedicated engineers and technicians spent over three years assembling the pieces. Throughout the process, they also used Goddard’s testing facilities to evaluate the hardware’s ability to survive launch and space. Pieces, assembled sections, and finally the entire observatory were subjected to tests like vibration and acoustic shaking, thermal vacuum freezing, and centrifuge g-force loading.The early completion and future success of the Roman Space Telescope is a testament to the unwavering commitment and effort of thousands of people working together toward a common goal. Thanks to all their efforts, Roman will broaden our understanding of the universe and our place within it.Music: “Caelum,” Dan Thiessen [BMI], Universal Production MusicWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 5673, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5673/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Roman Telescope Launch and Orbit at L2", "description": "A collection of visualizations showing the path the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2).", "release_date": "2026-08-25T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2026-08-29T20:57:08.447369-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1205269, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a005600/a005673/roman_orbit_close_wDates.Still003_preview.jpg", "filename": "roman_orbit_close_wDates.Still003_preview.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Visualization of Roman traveling from Earth toward the Sun-Earth L2 point. Earth and its orbit are shown near the center-left, while Roman follows a curved blue trajectory toward L2 on the right. 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It starts with the spacecraft bus and then adds the instrument carrier. Then the Coronagraph Instrument joins, followed by the mirror assembly and the Wide Field Instrument, completing the main half of the observatory. The outer portion, which contains the outer barrel assembly, solar array Sun shield, and deployable aperture cover, slides over the exposed mirror to complete the full observatory. This animation includes a version with a transparent alpha channel. || Roman_Assembly_Still.jpg (3840x2160) [377.3 KB] || Roman_Assembly_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [18.8 KB] || Roman_Assembly_Still_thm.png (80x40) [2.3 KB] || Roman_Asssembly_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [61.6 MB] || Roman_Asssembly_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [308.1 MB] || Roman_Asssembly_ProRes_3840x2160_60.mov (3840x2160) [3.7 GB] || Roman_Asssembly_ProRes4444Alpha_3840x2160_60.mov (3840x2160) [7.1 GB] || ", "release_date": "2026-02-20T12:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2026-02-19T21:19:23-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1201936, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014900/a014970/Roman_Assembly_Still_searchweb.png", "filename": "Roman_Assembly_Still_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This animation shows key systems assembling to form NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It starts with the spacecraft bus and then adds the instrument carrier. Then the Coronagraph Instrument joins, followed by the mirror assembly and the Wide Field Instrument, completing the main half of the observatory. The outer portion, which contains the outer barrel assembly, solar array Sun shield, and deployable aperture cover, slides over the exposed mirror to complete the full observatory. 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The spacecraft's giant camera, the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), will be fundamental to this exploration. The WFI features the same angular resolution as Hubble but with 100 times the field of view. Data it gathers will enable scientists to discover new and uniquely detailed information about planetary systems around other stars. The WFI will also map how matter is structured and distributed throughout the cosmos, which should ultimately allow scientists to discover the fate of the universe. Watch this video to see a simplified version of how it works.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.Music\" \"Horizon Ahead\" from Killer TracksWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || RomanWide_Field_Still.jpg (3840x2160) [827.1 KB] || 13235_WFI_Roman_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [92.9 MB] || 13235_WFI_Roman_1080.webm (1920x1080) [13.2 MB] || 13235_WFI_Roman_Best_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [272.1 MB] || WFI_Roman_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [2.5 KB] || WFI_Roman_SRT_Captions.en_US.vtt [2.5 KB] || 13235_WFI_Roman_ProRes_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [1.6 GB] || ", "release_date": "2019-06-26T09:50:00-04:00", "update_date": "2021-06-09T11:51:42-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 394841, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013200/a013235/Wide_Field_Still_print.jpg", "filename": "Wide_Field_Still_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Old WFIRST version of narrated video.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.Music\" \"Horizon Ahead\" from Killer TracksWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }