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From a donated 2.4-meter mirror to a Falcon Heavy launch — the observatory’s story in photos.

  1. Roman Space Telescope's Solar Array Sun Shield
  2. Former VP Al Gore at NASA Goddard
  3. Optical Telescope Assembly for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  4. Space Crafts with NASA
  5. NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft
  6. Deployable aperture cover group photo
  7. GSFC_20250421_RST_021078
  8. A wide shot of a silvery piece of space hardware about the size of a car sitting on a silver…
  9. GSFC_20250612_RST_034435
  10. GSFC_20250702_RST_037546
  11. Roman solar panels being installed in the Goddard clean room
  12. Close-up of Roman's secondary mirror
  13. Detectors1
  14. A photo of Roman's Wide Field Instrument
  15. Image showing the path light will travel through Roman's mirrors
  16. Detector installation
  17. A large, dimly lit plane is seen from behind at night. The back end is open and lights are on…
  18. Roman Coronagraph Installation
  19. Detectors2
  20. Side profile of a man standing in front of Roman's primary mirror.
  21. Roman Wide Field Instrument installation
  22. A close-up of technicians working on a Roman solar panel
  23. Roman's optical telescope assembly
  24. Roman WFI detector array
  25. Expanded view of the Roman observatory
  26. The Coronagraph Instrument on the Roman Space Telescope. Highlighted components available under…
  27. Observatory support elements on the Roman Space Telescope. Highlighted components available under…
  28. WFI focal plane persistence response
  29. Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) Imagery
  30. Roman in the Acoustics Chamber
  31. Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility
  32. Key Support Equipment Arrives at Kennedy for Roman Space Telesco
  33. Roman's Final Solar Panel and Deployable Aperture Cover (DAC) Deployments.
  34. Rohit Goeptar - Image Feature
  35. Roman Space Telescope and Artemis III SLS Core Stage Weather Cover Arrive at KSC
  36. Roman Space Telescope Transport to PHSF
  37. Roman Space Telescope Arrival
  38. Roman Space Telescope - Rotate to Vertical
  39. Roman Space Telescope - Lift to Work Stand
  40. The complete observatory in a clean room
  41. Roman Space Telescope Arrival at Kennedy Space Center NASA/Amber Jean Notvest
  42. Roman Space Telescope - Flight CGI Test Connector Panel Closeout
  43. Roman Space Telescope Solar Array Cleaning
  44. Roman Space Telescope SD Card Abrading and Bonding
  45. Roman Space Telescope Propulsion Milestones
  46. Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
  47. Roman Space Telescope - Full Stack
  48. Roman Mission Dress Rehearsal, Hangar X and AE
  49. Roman Space Telescope Encapsulation
  50. Roman Space Telescope Transport
  51. Roman Space Telescope Transport from PHSF to LC 39A
  52. SpaceX Falcon Heavy Hangar Lift for NASA's Roman Space Telescope
  53. Roman Space Telescope Broadcast Isaacman Fly by 39A
  54. Roman Space Telescope Vertical at LC 39A
  55. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch
  56. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Preflight
  57. Roman Space Telescope Broadcast Launch VAB Roof
  58. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch
  59. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Liftoff, Launch Comple
  60. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch