Help amplify the science returns from the Roman mission and the benefits of Roman science investigations to the astronomical community, by sparking collaborations and drawing on the creative insights and talents of researchers with complementary interests and expertise.
NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’
FEB 12, 2025 - The Roman team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope — to the outer barrel assembly, another structure designed to shield the telescope from stray light in addition to keeping it at a stable temperature.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunity is to solicit proposals to work on preparation for the operational phase of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. There are two categories for the type of work being proposed: Wide Field Science, to prepare for and/or enhance the science returns of Roman/WFI, and the Coronagraph Community Participation Program, to work with the Coronagraph Instrument team to plan and execute its technology demonstration observations.
Each of the Core Community Surveys will provide data to many teams conducting a large number of diverse science investigations. Roman’s science objectives that will be addressed by the Core Community Surveys are Astrophysics with wide area near-IR surveys, Cosmology, and Exoplanet demographics.
The Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) is planning and execute Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration observations. The CPP is composed of multiple, competitively selected small, US-based teams, members of the Roman Project Team, and international partner teams from ESA, JAXA, CNES, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. The primary goals of the CPP are to prepare simulation tools, target databases, and data reduction software for the execution of the Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration. More information about the Coronagraph CPP
WFI Core Community Surveys
Each of the Core Community Surveys will provide data to many teams conducting a large number of diverse science investigations. Roman’s science objectives that will be addressed by the Core Community Surveys are Astrophysics with wide area near-IR surveys, Cosmology, and Exoplanet demographics. View the Core Community Survey Definition process
This interactive feature provides views of the telescope from various perspectives. Check the completion status, and discover exactly where the pieces are being built.
