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title	Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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title	Roman Space Telescope

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Learn more about the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft with this short tour of the main systems.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music: “Phenomenon" from Above and Below Written and produced by Lars Leonhard	Video	807.1 MB	MP4	13295_Roman_360_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/9m81dvpe9zpfjc41zeml5hnq0o0kdh14	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13295
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	48.4 KB	JPG	TurntableRev01A_ProRes_Alpha.00001_print	https://stsci.box.com/s/e5mcy7dm5i4cp48feffpktv9fscmto0s	https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery-spacecraftillustrations.html
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	191.4 KB	JPG	Roman_Space_Telescope_Still_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/iddn4cojy0peaq68urgiv2m5xvautwiw	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	172.2 KB	JPG	Roman_Space_Telescope_Still_2	https://stsci.box.com/s/axgzqky3u55uwjv3iwaags1gvewdz332	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	178.3 KB	JPG	Roman_Space_Telescope_Still_3	https://stsci.box.com/s/3hr4ctcz7b61j6b14g4lh43ejcfx7wvk	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	507.8 KB	JPG	RST_2020_Still	https://stsci.box.com/s/l6dcfm49nydoschci88jnvmn8o5d75q8	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	755.2 KB	JPG	Roman_Space_Telescope_Animation1_Still2	https://stsci.box.com/s/qy3f9jyhy3aqxpn1su9qx9vjon0pid1g	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Stylized still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	2 MB	JPG	Trailer_still_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/g526b9ntswvm4iovkiqjuksswa8jtodq	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Stylized still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	1.5 MB	JPG	Roman_Still_2	https://stsci.box.com/s/h7k7y22w2rpqr0w3q46fdqrp5atysh1f	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Stylized still frame of spacecraft animation and name	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	1.8 MB	JPG	Roman_Title_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/de2mwgl5vg55u3zidr73ztyr498fobum	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Still frame of spacecraft animation	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	38.3 KB	JPG	TurntableWithBarrelRollA_4k.00738_print	https://stsci.box.com/s/ckg6p2ta4vpw1nlsuk2xlpllt5n55w21	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
"Beauty pass" animation of the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	45.4 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Beauty1_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/5sg8hzhiya6mm8r799fpul6w36wuuh7x	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
"Beauty pass" animation of the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	45.5 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Beauty2_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/frk2ko9hk4ydq2k8uxkohxvvhk6sy8uz	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Welcome to NASA's upcoming infrared survey mission, taking a wider view of the cosmos.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	281.5 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Trailer_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/ai1fe4kjh29ao3gcqbi93xrku2u9b5ui	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13606
The Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror reflects an American flag. Its surface is figured to a level hundreds of times finer than a typical household mirror.	Credits: L3Harris Technologies	Image	9 MB	JPG	pm10	https://stsci.box.com/s/xzo05oilxq7upj38wg1gdvitxa111y95	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. Using this mirror, Roman will capture stunning space vistas with a field of view 100 times greater than Hubble images.	Credits: L3Harris Technologies	Image	1.7 MB	JPG	pm2_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/bou373c30lnu38zn7bcrshm8rie56656	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
Crane operators lower the support equipment to move the Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror. Using this mirror, Roman will provide a new view into the universe, helping scientists solve cosmic mysteries related to dark matter, dark energy, and planets around other stars.	Credits: L3Harris Technologies	Image	43.7 KB	JPG	pm3	https://stsci.box.com/s/ozwncqvt4ml3idufa4rt00rjvwkikkam	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
Members of the Roman Space Telescope team pose with the telescope’s primary mirror at L3 Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York. The telescope just passed a key milestone review, permitting the team to move on to finalizing the telescope design.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	4 MB	PNG	WFIRSTNASAPhoto	https://stsci.box.com/s/2aj4xjo30g67or6pznpf9vrccmuevcmk	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13295

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title	Wide Field Instrument (WFI)

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Image Removed	Comparison of Hubble, Webb, and Roman, including their unique strengths and synergies.	Credit: A. James (STScI)	Image	32.4 MB	PNG	Roman-Hubble-Webb_comparison	https://stsci.box.com/s/s2f0es38bw4kex10lhks2x58pubfo0k3	https://hubblesite.org/hubble-30th-anniversary/resources		The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation space telescope that will survey the infrared universe from beyond the orbit of the Moon. The spacecraft's giant camera, the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), will be fundamental to this exploration. The WFI features the same angular resolution as Hubble but with 100 times the field of view. Data it gathers will enable scientists to discover new and uniquely detailed information about planetary systems around other stars. The WFI will also map how matter is structured and distributed throughout the cosmos, which should ultimately allow scientists to discover the fate of the universe. Watch this video to see a simplified version of how it works.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Music" "Horizon Ahead" from Killer Tracks	Video	269.5 MB	MP4	13235_WFI_Roman_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/eb54z0uwxchl1re2zwz2nj5ogy44jcpr	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13235
		4k animation of the telescope and Wide Field Instrument, showing a simplified exploded view of how it works.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	384.5 MB	MP4	GSFC_20190626_WFIRST_m13235_widefield_Animation	https://stsci.box.com/s/tltx2mth63vklcet8jxj3k9fbk7n9ifu	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13235
		Animated GIF of the Roman Wide Field Instrument.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Animation	1.8 MB	GIF	WFIRST_WideFieldInstrument	https://stsci.box.com/s/itwbh12qrd21uc9ejmc6hugpv3txe8tq	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13235

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title	Coronagraph Instrument (CGI)

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Watch this video to learn more about the Roman Space Telescope's coronagraph instrument.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Music: "Concept of Motion" from Universe Production Music

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https://stsci.box.com/s/yh5oh6lxu1um85pvqsz0j32iokyxfiv0

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title	Big Data

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This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman, Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	38.9 MB	PNG	Roman_Data_Scale_Final	https://stsci.box.com/s/iqmluwt2j2dyeexzpv8vyfdo4kkristp	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667
This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman and Hubble space telescopes. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	39.3 MB	PNG	Roman_Data_Scale_HubbleOnly_Final	https://stsci.box.com/s/okmw15dblwmq4ajnmkfnivxdwb4e4p6s	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667
This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect. New version will be available soon.	Credit: Benjamin Williams, David Weinberg, Anil Seth, Eric Bell, Dave Sand, Dominic Benford, and the WINGS Science Investigation Team	Image		PNG	Greatfield_Simulated_Roman_Landscape_Text	https://stsci.box.com/s/9fgfz4uyjmpa1io3yzow2w9kn2icigxg	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667
This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.	Credit: Benjamin Williams, David Weinberg, Anil Seth, Eric Bell, Dave Sand, Dominic Benford, and the WINGS Science Investigation Team	Image		PNG	Greatfield_Simulated_Roman_Portrait_Text	https://stsci.box.com/s/4wrzhvltn01mcpu2w238tddsvsx8fsmc	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667
This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.	Credit: Benjamin Williams, David Weinberg, Anil Seth, Eric Bell, Dave Sand, Dominic Benford, and the WINGS Science Investigation Team	Image		PNG	Greatfield_Simulated_Roman_Landscape_NoText	https://stsci.box.com/s/lnp2rumbiadldy6a6wrcj392qvbmhzvw	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667
This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.	Credit: Benjamin Williams, David Weinberg, Anil Seth, Eric Bell, Dave Sand, Dominic Benford, and the WINGS Science Investigation Team	Image		PNG	Greatfield_Simulated_Roman_Portrait_NoText	https://stsci.box.com/s/61cwd1r28a686qh1uze2v15ws3azc5rq	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13667

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title	Comparisons with other Observatories

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Image Added	Comparison of Hubble, Webb, and Roman, including their unique strengths and synergies.	Credit: A. James (STScI)	Image	32.4 MB	PNG	Roman-Hubble-Webb_comparison	https://stsci.box.com/s/s2f0es38bw4kex10lhks2x58pubfo0k3	https://hubblesite.org/hubble-30th-anniversary/resources
Image Added	Comparison of observatories and their abilities to observe the EM spectrum. Updated version in progress by STScI with observatories of the 2020s.

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