NASA Completes Spacecraft for Roman Space Telescope Deployment
The spacecraft will transport and support the telescope, enabling it to achieve its scientific goals in space.
- NASA's spacecraft bus, essential for deploying and operating the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is now complete.
- The spacecraft bus will maneuver the telescope into orbit, provide power, and facilitate communication with Earth.
- Roman's scientific mission includes studying dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets through wide-area cosmic surveys.
- Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center spent eight years designing, building, and testing the spacecraft.
- The Roman Space Telescope is expected to send back 1.4 terabytes of data daily, significantly surpassing the data output of the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes.
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