Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launchfrom the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30.
NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:https:www.nasa.gov/live.
Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and its status, include:
Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard
Jeremy Perkins, Roman telescope integration and test scientist, NASA Goddard
Media interested in participating by phone must RSVP no later than two hours prior to the start of the briefing to Rob Garner atrob.garner@nasa.gov.
A copy of NASA’smedia accreditation policyis online.
Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a deep, panoramic view of the cosmos, generating never-before-seen pictures that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
The observatory will usher in a new era of cosmic surveys, unveiling troves of celestial objects and shedding light on some of the universe’s most profound mysteries, including phenomena we can’t see.
Roman also will showcase cutting-edge technology, including a test of the most advanced technology ever flown in space to directly image planets around nearby stars, a key step in NASA’s search for life on other worlds.
The Roman telescope is managed at NASA Goddard with participation by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California; the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore; and a team of scientists from various research institutions.
The primary industrial partners are BAE Systems Inc., L3Harris Technologies, and Teledyne Scientific & Imaging.
Contributions to Roman also are made by ESA, JAXA, the French space agency CNES, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany.
https:nasa.gov/roman
Alise FisherHeadquarters, Washington202-358-2546alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov
Claire Andreoli / Rob GarnerGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.301-286-1940 / 301-286-5687claire.andreoli@nasa.gov/rob.garner@nasa.gov
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