Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agencyтАЩs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30.
NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live.
Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and its status, include:
- Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASAтАЩs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
- Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard
- Jeremy Perkins, Roman telescope integration and test scientist, NASA Goddard
Media interested in participating by phone must RSVP no later than two hours prior to the start of the briefing to Rob Garner at rob.garner@nasa.gov. A copy of NASAтАЩs┬аmedia accreditation policy┬аis online. ┬а
Named after NASAтАЩs first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a deep, panoramic view of the cosmos, generating never-before-seen pictures that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe. The observatory will usher in a new era of cosmic surveys, unveiling troves of celestial objects and shedding light on some of the universeтАЩs most profound mysteries, including phenomena we canтАЩt see. Roman also will showcase cutting-edge technology, including a test of the most advanced technology ever flown in space to directly image planets around nearby stars, a key step in NASAтАЩs search for life on other worlds.
The Roman telescope is managed at NASA Goddard with participation by the agencyтАЩs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California; the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore; and a team of scientists from various research institutions. The primary industrial partners are BAE Systems Inc., L3Harris Technologies, and Teledyne Scientific & Imaging. Contributions to Roman also are made by ESA (European Space Agency), JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), the French space agency CNES (Centre National dтАЩ├Йtudes Spatiales), and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany.
For more information about NASAтАЩs Roman telescope, visit:
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Alise Fisher
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2546
alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov
Claire Andreoli / Rob Garner
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-1940 / 301-286-5687
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov / rob.garner@nasa.gov
