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[Music throughout]
[Far and Wide Part 4: Teamwork]

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The James Webb and Nancy Grace 
Roman Space Telescopes

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are two missions with different,
but overlapping, science goals.

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Both will help us understand
the history of the universe

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and what other worlds exist in it now.

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They will bring us closer to answering
fundamental questions

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like “where do we come from?” 

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And “are we alone?”

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No one telescope can make
all the observations

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necessary to potentially answer these questions.

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So NASA and its partners have created several.

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Roman and Webb will be together

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not just in spirit, but also in their location in space.

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Both spacecraft will orbit a special place

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called Sun-Earth Lagrange Point Two,

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 or L2, 

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where the gravitational pull of the Earth

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and Sun reach equilibrium.

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Located a million miles beyond Earth's orbit,

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a satellite at L2 orbits the Sun, with Earth's gravity

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providing an extra tug
to help it stay even with the planet.

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The advantage of orbiting L2

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is that both spacecraft will be far

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from any interference of Earth,
the moon, or other spacecraft.

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Their orbits are huge,
keeping them well away

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from each other
or any other spacecraft at L2.

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It's colder there, critical
for infrared observations,

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and they never have Earth blocking
most of their view.

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Hubble, orbiting only 300 miles above
the ground, has more limitations

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on where it can point at any given moment.

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Because both telescopes will operate
at the same time, they can work together

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to discover far more about the cosmos
than either could learn alone.

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When Roman makes an intriguing 
exoplanet discovery,

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Webb may be able to follow up soon after,
helping scientists learn more.

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When Roman detects a transient event
like a supernova somewhere

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in its broad coverage, Webb
can focus in to take deeper measurements.

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Should Webb find an interesting quirk
in a nearby galaxy it's studying,

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Roman can provide context
with thousands of galaxies around it.

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Using the two telescopes in concert,
both with unprecedented,

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but different, capabilities, scientists
will be able to make more

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and faster progress than if only one
telescope operated at a time.

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Two of the greatest space telescopes

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ever built will work together,

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using each other's strengths

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to advance our knowledge of the universe.

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[NASA]