NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Parts & Assembly | NASA Goddard

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Parts & Assembly | NASA Goddard

The Nancy Grace Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027 with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. The mission will expand our understanding of the universe with its deep and sweeping views of space.

More than a thousand technicians and engineers assembled Roman from millions of individual components. Many parts were built and tested simultaneously to save time. Now that the observatory is assembled, it will undergo a spate of testing prior to shipping to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in summer 2026.

Learn more about the assembly of Roman at: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/building-roman/

Learn about the Roman telescope and the discoveries it will enable: 
https://www.stsci.edu/roman

Learn more about Dr. Nancy Grace Roman: 
https://science.nasa.gov/people/nancy-roman/

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 

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Duration: 2 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: Feb. 20, 2026

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