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  1. STScI Appoints New Mission Head for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

    September 20, 2023Release ID: 2023-202

    Dr. Kristen McQuinn will assume her new role in January 2024.

    A portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing glasses and a dark long-sleeved shirt, with her arms crossed.
  2. STScI Awarded Multi-Year Contract Extension for Roman Space Telescope Science Operations

    May 19, 2023Release ID: 2023-201

    STScI’s responsibilities include engaging the scientific community in the definition of Roman’s core community surveys.

    A model of the Roman Space Telescope pointing left, with mirror cover open and mirror reflecting a light purple shade, on an artistic background of purple clouds and scattered galaxies
  3. How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

    November 03, 2022Release ID: 2022-049

    Roman is set to help researchers detect more kilonovae, helping us learn significantly more about these “all-star” smashups.

    Two bright blue circular shapes that appear to be joined are left of center. They are illustrations of neutron stars merging. Debris, which is also white and bright blue, emanates in misshapen patterns primarily from where they are joining at the center.
  4. Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

    June 27, 2022Release ID: 2022-018

    Roman will bring new insights into the time known as “cosmic noon.”

    Deep field with multiple galaxies and pull-outs of spectra for four galaxies.
  5. A New Understanding of Galaxy Evolution with NASA's Roman Space Telescope

    September 21, 2021Release ID: 2021-048

    Roman will combine the power of imaging and spectroscopy to gain fresh insights into how the universe works

    a field of galaxies with colored lines
  6. Ground System for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Moves Into Development

    July 29, 2021Release ID: 2021-041

    STScI Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive

    Artist's conception of Roman Space Telescope
  7. Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once

    January 11, 2021Release ID: 2021-003

    A Roman Ultra Deep Field would collect millions of galaxies, including some of the rarest and most distant

    Roman large field of view comparison to the Hubble ultra deep field
  8. Ground System for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Completes Major Review

    July 24, 2020Release ID: 2020-41

    STScI Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive

    Roman Field of View of the Eagle Nebula
  9. WFIRST Telescope Named For 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman

    May 20, 2020Release ID: 2020-35

    STScI Will Serve as the Roman Space Telescope’s Science Operations Center

    Illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  10. WFIRST Telescope Named For 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman

    May 20, 2020Release ID: 2020-35

    STScI Will Serve as the Roman Space Telescope’s Science Operations Center

    Illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  11. Simulated Image Demonstrates the Power of NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

    January 05, 2020Release ID: 2020-02

    A new simulated image of the Andromeda galaxy showcases WFIRST's unique combination of high resolution and wide field of view

    Simulated WFIRST Observation of Andromeda Galaxy
  12. STScI To Design Science Operations for New Panoramic Space Telescope

    July 02, 2019Release ID: 2019-39

    STScI is thrilled to be able to help NASA, the science teams, and the astronomical community, in making WFIRST a success.

    Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope illustration
  13. STScI To Design Science Operations for New Panoramic Space Telescope

    July 02, 2019Release ID: 2019-39

    STScI is thrilled to be able to help NASA, the science teams, and the astronomical community, in making WFIRST a success.

    Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope illustration
  14. NASA Introduces New, Wider Set of Eyes on the Universe: Baltimore's Space Telescope Science Institute to Partner on New NASA 'Wide-View' Space Telescope

    February 18, 2016Release ID: 2016-06

    After years of preparatory studies, NASA is formally starting an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). WFIRST will image...

    Illustration of the WFIRST observatory
  15. Dr. Roeland van der Marel Appointed as STScI Lead on Proposed "Wide View" Space Telescope

    November 14, 2014Release ID: 2014-49

    The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, has appointed Dr. Roeland van der Marel to lead its work on a proposed NASA space telescope that will provide images as sharp as the Hubble...

    Dr. Roeland van der Marel

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