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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Rendering of a side view of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. First slide of an interactive that compares the Roman, Webb and Hubble telescopes. The telescope at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Animated illustration of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the center with the Hubble Space Telescope on the left and the James Webb Space Telescope on the right, under a headline reading Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with labeled features including solar array sun shield, communications antenna, primary mirror, coronagraph, and wide field instrument. Insets compare its field of view to Hubble and show its ability to block glare for imaging planets. A scale diagram shows the mirror's 2.4 meter diameter. The opening slide to the interactive. An illustration of a telescope under a starry sky.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Noted the telescope's successful launch. Aug 30, 2026
Added art. Aug 20, 2026
Media added. Aug 14, 2026
Added interactive and photos. Aug 06, 2026
New article added. Jul 22, 2026
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