Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install

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Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’sNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

The plaque honors the legacy ofDr.

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program.

It also features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

This observatory, scheduled to launch Aug. 30, 2026, will be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Image credit: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya