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NASA's Roman Space Telescope's 'Eyes' Pass First Vision Test

Space Daily Thursday, 18 April 2024
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 18, 2024

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman's science instruments extremely precisely. This will yield crisp images of space once the observatory launches. "This is the
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