Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted January 8, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted January 8, 2025 Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. “With this incredible milestone, Roman remains on track for launch, and we’re a big step closer to unveiling the cosmos as never before,” said Mark Clampin, acting deputy associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It’s been fantastic to watch the team’s progress throughout the integration phase. I look forward to Roman’s transformative observations.” This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Technicians recently integrated the payload – telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the big clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA/Chris Gunn The newly joined space hardware will now undergo extensive testing. The first test will ensure each major element operates as designed when integrated with the rest of the observatory and establish the hardware’s combined performance. Then environmental tests will subject the payload to the electromagnetic, vibration, and thermal vacuum environments it will experience during launch and on-orbit operations. These tests will ensure the hardware and the launch vehicle will not interfere with each other when operating, verify the communications antennas won’t create electromagnetic interference with other observatory hardware, shake the assembly to make sure it will survive extreme vibration during launch, assess its performance across its expected range of operating temperatures, and make sure the instruments and mirrors are properly optically aligned. Meanwhile, Roman’s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up will be integrated with the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and then the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up will be added before spring. Then the structure will be joined to the payload and spacecraft this fall. The Roman mission remains on track for completion by fall 2026 and launch no later than May 2027. Virtually tour an interactive version of the telescope By Ashley Balzer This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Greenbelt, Md. Media Contact: Claire Andreoli This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Greenbelt, Md.301-286-1940 Share Details Last Updated Jan 08, 2025 EditorAshley BalzerContactAshley Balzer*****@*****.tldLocationGoddard Space Flight Center Related Terms This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Explore More This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Article 4 weeks ago This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Article 6 months ago This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Article 3 months ago This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/ 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/190966-nasa-nasa-joins-telescope-instruments-to-roman-spacecraft/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply Share https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/190966-nasa-nasa-joins-telescope-instruments-to-roman-spacecraft/ More sharing options... Followers 0 Go to topic listing Most Contributions Pelican Press 196643 Steam 69636 Editor 12042 Kotaku 6882 SpaceMan 2712
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