Articles from the STScI newsletter and annual report, featuring the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, are available below.
STScI will participate in the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Madison, Wisconsin, June 9–13. Throughout the week, members of STScI will be involved in a wide variety of science and technical presentations, press releases, press conferences, and an STScI Town Hall.
The majority of observing time for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s first five years will be devoted to surveys currently being defined by the science community. This article provides a status report on these community-defined surveys, and highlights ways the science community can get involved and stay informed.
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) recently appointed Dr. Kristen McQuinn to the role of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission Head. McQuinn is responsible for the continued development and operations of the Roman Science Operations Center at STScI. The Roman Space Telescope is less than three years from launch.
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope's first year resulted in transformative science on a wide range of topics relevant for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, planned to launch in late 2026. The June 2023 conference entitled “Roman Science Inspired by Emerging JWST Results” focused on how these results are reshaping the astronomical landscape, and how this impacts the planning for Roman.
STScI will participate in the 243rd AAS Meeting in New Orleans, January 7 – 11, 2024, contributing to a wide range of workshops, science sessions, splinter meetings, and exhibits.
Members of STScI will participate in the 242st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Albuquerque Convention Center June 4 – 8.
The planning and preparation to enable and maximize the rich scientific return of Roman’s observing program have already begun. A number of diverse opportunities are available to the community to engage with the Roman Mission, both before launch and during operations.
Roman’s Core Community Surveys will be defined by the community, for the community. The first stage in this process, submission of science pitches, compiled 113 science investigations that could be enabled by the surveys, from scientists at all stages of their careers.
STScI will participate in the 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, January 8 – 12. There will be technical presentations in instrument sessions, a wide variety of science presentations, workshops, splinter sessions, town halls, press releases, press conferences, NASA Hyperwall talks, and an exhibit booth.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's SOC at the STScI is responsible for many of the data processing steps for the WFI, providing a data-analysis platform for astronomers to explore the data and carry out basic data analysis, maintaining the mission data archive (for the WFI and coronagraph instruments) and serving all the mission data through MAST.
The Short-Term Scheduling Branch of the Science Operations & Engineering division at STScI develops and maintains science observation scheduling systems for Hubble, Webb, and Roman using modern software engineering practices.
A new cross-mission flux calibration working group was established at the Space Telescope Science Institute in November 2021.
The Space Telescope Science Institute will have staff members participating in the 240th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, June 12–16, 2022.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope carries two scientific instruments, the Wide Field Imager (WFI) and a coronagraph demonstration instrument.
Last year, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission advanced to the implementation phase, known as Phase C. This year, flight hardware continues to be built as the mission approaches Critical Design Reviews in the summer and fall of 2021. Primary and secondary mirrors have been refigured, polished, and coated.
Building software for Roman’s Science Operations Center is a balance between innovating and borrowing from existing systems.
STScI ramps up community engagement with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and continues to make progress building software for the mission.
A behind-the-scenes account of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year.
Our Roman team helped the mission meet major milestones, designed a robust cloud-based science platform, and continued to engage the astronomical community.
This year WFIRST was officially named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and STScI made big strides in educating the scientific community about its range of research opportunities.
As the newly appointed Science Operations Center, the institute will help ensure the scientific success of NASA’s upcoming Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope scheduled for launch in the mid-2020s.
The NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is managed by NASA/GSFC with participation of STScI, Caltech/IPAC, and NASA/JPL.
Contact the Roman Team