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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

@NASARoman

The Roman Telescope is a NASA mission that will study dark energy & exoplanets and serve the general astronomy community.

NASA GSFC

nasa.gov/roman

Joined September 2013

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
Jun 3
🚨 We have some BIG NEWS! Roman is now scheduled to launch Aug 30 2026! Learn more:
NASA
@NASA
Jun 3
Our @NASARoman space telescope is officially slated to launch on Aug. 30! Get the details and follow Roman's journey on our new Roman Space Telescope blog: go.nasa.gov/3RQxDIc
Hello, World! NASA Shares New Home for Roman Space Telescope Updates - NASA Science
From science.nasa.gov
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard
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Replying to @NASAGoddard
Are you @NASAWebb, @NASARoman, or @NASAHubble? Let us know! ⬇️
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
@NASAAdmin
Jun 4
Roman is launching ahead of schedule and under budget, a testament to the extraordinary teams across NASA and industry who turned an ambitious vision into reality. This mission will transform how we see the universe and help answer questions humanity has pursued for generations.
NASA
@NASA
Jun 3
Our @NASARoman space telescope is officially slated to launch on Aug. 30! Get the details and follow Roman's journey on our new Roman Space Telescope blog: go.nasa.gov/3RQxDIc
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NASA
@NASA
Jun 2
Later this year, @NASARoman will launch into orbit, where it will capture both the big picture and the finer details of the cosmos—observing distant celestial bodies with its wide view. Add Roman to your phone—download this free poster: go.nasa.gov/49wPwC2
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
Jun 1
Celebrate National Dinosaur Day with our dino-sized observatory! 🦖Roman is both roughly as long and as massive as a T. rex. Prior to launch, the team will load it up with about 62 velociraptors worth of fuel (~2,500 pounds). Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4x1onRJ
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
May 29
The last things Roman will "see" on Earth are the faces of some of the countless people who created it. ✨ The observatory’s primary mirror has passed its last inspection as it nears its final days @NASAGoddard before heading down to @NASAKennedy. go.nasa.gov/4uB91BF
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
May 16
Today would have been Dr. Roman’s 101st birthday! 🎉 We are honored to have @NASA’s next space telescope, launching later this year, named after such an inspiration who understood the importance of leaving Earth's atmosphere to better understand our universe. Learn more:
$A black and white photo of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman sitting at a booth in a control console at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center. She has her right arm extended over the desk in front of her, pointing at some data on the console. The angled top of the desk is covered in instrumentation and buttons.$
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard
May 14
How do you know an elephant was in the refrigerator? The footprints in the butter! @NASARoman will use a similar technique to study neutron stars, essentially invisible crushed cores of former massive stars, relying on their effects on other stars. go.nasa.gov/4wsxNFn
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
May 12
For Roman, from Hubble 💌 Before our next telescope teammate @NASARoman launches later this year, Hubble studied some of the same regions in our galaxy's center that Roman plans to observe.
$An observation (labeled \u201CVISTA V V V Survey, Near-infrared) of the Milky Way\u2019s center pointing toward its supermassive black hole, which is labeled Sagittarius A*. At 7 o\u2019clock from center is a small region, outlined with 5 fields of view from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope that are stacked together in a horizontal rectangle. This region is about a third of the image in length and a fifth of the image in width. Within that same region are diagonal lines that alternate between orange and blue. A legend at the bottom left shows two Hubble instruments. One of them, marked with an orange diamond, is labeled \u201CW F C 3 / U V I S.\u201D The other, marked with a blue diamond, is labeled \u201CA C S / W F C.\u201D The background is a field of stars, gas, and dust that appear gray, except the center third that runs from the left to the right of the frame, which is composed of brown filaments of dust and gas. The tiny region surrounding Sagittarius A star appears orange.$
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
May 1
Ever feel like screaming into a void? Roman has your back. The mission will discover tens of thousands of cosmic voids — immense spaces between galaxy clusters where dark energy dominates. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4n6LcPk
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
Apr 27
📢 WE’VE GOT BIG NEWS! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track to launch in early September of this year. #ICYMI @NASAAdmin announced last week that Roman is eight months ahead of schedule and under budget! Learn more about the observatory and how we got here:
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NASA
@NASA
Apr 21
Replying to @NASA
Named after our first chief astronomer, Roman's deep, panoramic view of the cosmos will generate never-before-seen pictures. science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-…
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NASA
@NASA
Apr 21
LIVE: With @NASAGoddard’s largest clean room as a backdrop, experts provide an update about the recently-completed @NASARoman Space Telescope.
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NASA
@NASA
NASA News Conference: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Complete (April 21, 2026)
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