plannedNASA / GSFC
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Next-generation wide-field infrared space telescope with a 2.4m mirror (same size as Hubble) but 200x the field of view. Will survey billions of galaxies, discover thousands of exoplanets via microlensing, and study dark energy through weak gravitational lensing. Also carries a coronagraph technology demonstrator for direct exoplanet imaging.
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Budget
$4.3B (development + 5-year operations)
Timeline
2027–2032+
Key Milestones
Telescope integration and testing at Goddard Space Flight Center
2025
Launch on Falcon Heavy to Sun-Earth L2 point
2027
Begin 5-year primary science mission
2027
Contractors
NOCLHX
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Sources
- roman.gsfc.nasa.gov
- nasa.gov