At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — officially finished construction. Teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland joined the inner and outer portions of the telescope, completing construction of the multi-billion-dollar telescope on schedule for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in May 2027.
With construction complete, the telescope will now move into final testing. Following testing, Roman will be packaged and shipped to the Kennedy Space Center, where it will launch from Launch Complex 39A. NASA expects to ship the telescope this summer.