NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 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. “It’s […]
Posted on February 12, 2025
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