Image showing the path light will travel through Roman's mirrors

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An optical technician lays on a diving board suspended between NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary and secondary mirrors. The photo is a projected reflection through the telescope’s optical path. The technician shines a beam of light through…

Released
January 29, 2026
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2,624 × 3,280 pixels
Credit
NASA/Chris Gunn

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