# Roman Space Telescope Illustrations & Artist's Concepts

- [The Roman trip to L2](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p84087b15acee/the-roman-trip-to-l2/) — August 31, 2026
- [Beauty pass of Roman Space Telescope](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p7e0e643a2787/beauty-pass-of-roman-space-telescope/) — August 31, 2026: Beauty pass of Roman, coming around from behind with high-gain antenna rotating.
- [Beautypass](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pdee27386c447/beautypass/) — May 21, 2026
- [Exoplanet Transits in the Milky Way](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pada04ea4a404/exoplanet-transits-in-the-milky-way/) — May 21, 2026: Roman Space Telescope : Exoplanet Transits in the Milky Way
- [Roman Press Kit](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pa6e6c2adfd05/roman-press-kit/) — May 21, 2026: Press Kit Cover
- [Galactic Plane Survey](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p9d0b7ef650bf/galactic-plane-survey/) — May 21, 2026: Roman Galactic Plane Survey
- [Roman Temperatures](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p8958ad29ee24/roman-temperatures/) — May 21, 2026: Roman Operating Temperatures
- [Edu stem stars nancy grace roman space telescope](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p845e060da6d3/edu-stem-stars-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope/) — May 21, 2026
- [History Space Based Mission](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p815c7c9973a2/history-space-based-mission/) — May 21, 2026
- [Roman’s wide field for studying galaxy clusters](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p7599e43c079a/roman-s-wide-field-for-studying-galaxy-clusters/) — May 21, 2026: This figure illustrates the power of Roman’s wide field for studying galaxy clusters. In 2000 square degrees, the High Latitude Wide Area Survey will observe some 200 Abell clusters and a much larger number of more distant galaxy clusters.
- [Possible High Latitude Survey](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p729bcf2d992f/possible-high-latitude-survey/) — May 21, 2026: This illustration compares the relative sizes of the areas of sky covered by two surveys: Roman’s High Latitude Wide Area Survey, outlined in blue, and the largest mosaic led by Hubble, the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS), shown in red. In current…
- [CGI](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p55ed803a814d/cgi/) — May 21, 2026
- [Roman and Webb](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p28a7c2ff6124/roman-and-webb/) — May 21, 2026: Because both telescopes will operate at the same time, they can work together to discover far more about the cosmos than either could learn alone. When Roman makes an intriguing exoplanet discovery, Webb may be able to follow up soon after, helping scientists…
- [Near Infrared](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p5b35b13c6707/near-infrared/) — April 9, 2026: A vast astrophysics treasure trove allowing the exploration of everything from nearby stars to distant galaxies.
- [Baryon Acoustic Oscillations](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p5940df42e666/baryon-acoustic-oscillations/) — April 9, 2026: Roman will detect vestiges of sound waves, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs), that once rippled through the primordial cosmic sea.
- [Roman Knitting](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p9306ff275b79/roman-knitting/) — March 16, 2026
- [Roman knit pattern](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p02d2b2709403/roman-knit-pattern/) — March 16, 2026: Example of the Roman Space Telescope knitting pattern
- [Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey [figure A]](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pf0cb9e3992e6/galactic-bulge-time-domain-survey-figure-a/) — January 30, 2026: The recommended survey design for the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey.
- [Roman Visibility plots](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pe9ff7b1361b2/roman-visibility-plots/) — January 30, 2026: Visibility plots at Dec. = -30 deg (left) and -65 deg (right), with regions in green representing where/when the line of sight is in the field-of-regard.
- [The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pe8cc5cbe6707/the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-wide-field-instrument/) — January 30, 2026
- [Grism Dispersion](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p6a323b9a6634/grism-dispersion/) — January 30, 2026
- ["Beauty pass" animation of the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p627f7f3d81e4/beauty-pass-animation-of-the-roman-space-telescope-spacecraft/) — January 30, 2026
- [Roman Sky Projection](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p43087ff78f1c/roman-sky-projection/) — January 30, 2026
- [High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey figure B](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p2f7b44771c5c/high-latitude-time-domain-survey-figure-b/) — January 30, 2026: The nesting of the wide and deep imaging and spectroscopy fields in the South (left) and North (right).
- [Roman Beauty pass still image](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p269b86d3fc27/roman-beauty-pass-still-image/) — January 30, 2026: Roman Beauty pass still image
- [Prism Dispersion](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p042fe7495964/prism-dispersion/) — January 30, 2026
- [Early universe](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/paffc18743329/early-universe/) — January 13, 2026
- [High-Latitude Spectroscopic Survey figure](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pec66e6dcba92/high-latitude-spectroscopic-survey-figure/) — January 7, 2026: High Latitude Wide Area Survey figure
- [SPHEREx: Part of a Lineage of NASA Space Telescopes](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lPIA26535/spherex-part-of-a-lineage-of-nasa-space-telescopes/) — January 23, 2025: In this illustration, NASA's SPHEREx mission is highlighted among a line of other NASA space telescopes. The mission will survey the entire sky using spectroscopy, detecting hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies and generating a valuable data set that…
- [CGI](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pfd4322979740/cgi/) — January 7, 2025
- [Bake a Cosmic Cake](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pfc5679925f37/bake-a-cosmic-cake/) — January 7, 2025: To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman — NASA’s first chief astronomer and the namesake for the agency’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — we’re baking a cosmic birthday cake!
- [Roman Valentines](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p7a37cf08a7aa/roman-valentines/) — January 7, 2025: Infrared is red, Ultraviolet’s not quite blue, The Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope has some Valentine's Day Cards for you!
- [WFI](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p643533229740/wfi/) — January 7, 2025
- [Roman 3D Paper Model](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p390c7758b6d3/roman-3d-paper-model/) — January 7, 2025: Build your own 3D model of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! Try your hand as an engineer, and build a paper model of the Roman Space Telescope. Grab your scissors and glue and (safely) start building.
- [Roman Space Observer video game](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p0d056fbceaae/roman-space-observer-video-game/) — January 7, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pf77b2da352ba/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope solar array view](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pf5a3f0260307/roman-space-telescope-solar-array-view/) — January 3, 2025
- [Left-side view of the Roman Space Telescope. Highlighted parts available under "Download Options"](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pf3e366255a82/left-side-view-of-the-roman-space-telescope-highlighted-parts-available-under/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pe16604cd8147/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft/) — January 3, 2025
- [Side view of the Roman spacecraft tipping down](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pd9c07aee6f47/side-view-of-the-roman-spacecraft-tipping-down/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pc44dd2810ea4/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman thruster push - animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pc18844dc1a47/roman-thruster-push-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025: Roman flys past the camera and fires the Delta-V thrusters.
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pbe2bccae2764/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pafbec6d081e4/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman unloading shot - animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/pa89ce10c45c7/roman-unloading-shot-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025: Roman fires ACS thrusters to unload reaction wheels, or allow them to slow down. Spacecraft doesn't move because reaction wheels...
- [Roman thrusters - animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p9c9312018d07/roman-thrusters-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025: Roman fires smaller ACS (Attitude Control System) thrusters.
- [Roman spacecraft](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p9595e95b08c1/roman-spacecraft/) — January 3, 2025
- [The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation space telescope that will survey the…](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p7b18bfabec64/the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-is-a-next-generation-space-telescope-that/) — January 3, 2025: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation space telescope that will survey the infrared universe from beyond the orbit of the Moon. The spacecraft's giant camera, the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), will be fundamental to this exploration. The…
- [Roman Space Telescope's Coronagraph](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p6ce06fcb6544/roman-space-telescope-s-coronagraph/) — January 3, 2025: Roman Space Telescope’s Coronagraph
- [Roman Space Telescope 3D spacecraft model](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p6aac5d038147/roman-space-telescope-3d-spacecraft-model/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman spacecraft](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p65fc67c227e4/roman-spacecraft/) — January 3, 2025
- [Hyperwall animation listing three key points about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and…](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p4ead29066e76/hyperwall-animation-listing-three-key-points-about-the-nancy-grace-roman-space/) — January 3, 2025: Hyperwall animation listing three key points about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and identifying some of the major components of the spacecraft.
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p4912f4f88147/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p44fc3f98f507/roman-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p3ac6c80c49f8/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Space Telescope spacecraft animation still](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p298f4af685f8/roman-space-telescope-spacecraft-animation-still/) — January 3, 2025
- [Front view of the Roman Space Telescope. Highlighted parts available under "Download Options"](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p2319d1cf7772/front-view-of-the-roman-space-telescope-highlighted-parts-available-under/) — January 3, 2025
- [Roman Beauty Pass 2026](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p0d82ea5fcd8d/roman-beauty-pass-2026/) — January 3, 2025
- [View from behind of Roman pointing to look in different directions](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p05cf9f197cc7/view-from-behind-of-roman-pointing-to-look-in-different-directions/) — January 3, 2025: View from behind of Roman pointing to look in different directions.
- [Back view of the Roman Space Telescope. Highlighted parts available under "Download Options"](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p01d947c537d2/back-view-of-the-roman-space-telescope-highlighted-parts-available-under/) — January 3, 2025
- [Stars](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p8864d4b27068/stars/) — October 26, 2023
- [This animation illustrates the concept of gravitational microlensing with a rogue planet — a planet…](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p3c3f20b8c5c7/this-animation-illustrates-the-concept-of-gravitational-microlensing-with-a/) — October 25, 2023: This animation illustrates the concept of gravitational microlensing with a rogue planet — a planet that does not orbit a star. When the rogue planet appears to pass nearly in front of a background source star, the light rays of the source star become bent…
- [GSFC 20171208 Archive e001417~large](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p144982501ee3/gsfc-20171208-archive-e001417-large/) — October 25, 2023
- [Roman Interactive thumbnail](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/p12ebbf97af00/roman-interactive-thumbnail/) — October 24, 2023
- [WFIRST Artist's Concept](https://roman.mixinvisuals.com/image/lPIA20060/wfirst-artist-s-concept/) — February 18, 2016: WFIRST, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, is shown here in an artist's rendering. It will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality images covering large swaths of the sky, and enabling several studies of cosmic…