Roman Mission

NASA Roman mission completes key optical components

(ORDO NEWS) — Engineers from Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners of NASA‘s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, completed the setup and alignment of the Wide Field Instrument (WFI). The assembly contains eight scientific filters, two scattering elements (grating and prism) and an “empty” element (used for internal calibration). The telescope is scheduled to be launched by May 2027. After the light is reflected and focused by Roman’s primary…