NASA’s next great observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is finally completed

A telescope with a triangular top wrapped in foil stands next to scaffolding, and people in clean white suits observe it under green light.

GREENBELT, Md. — On Tuesday (April 21) here at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, I saw scientists standing proudly around a metal device with towering orange solar panels and a gleaming silver pedestal. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is finally completed, shining brightly before my eyes in a sterile white clean room. Julie McEnery, … Read more