The Roman Space Telescope's Deployable Aperture Cover
Located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the Space Environment Simulator is a large, vertical cryopumped test chamber capable of achieving ultra-low pressures and a wide range of thermal conditions.
Here engineers are testing the the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Deployable Aperture Cover. The DAC is responsible for keeping light out of the telescope barrel. This sunshade is deployed once in orbit using a soft material attached to support booms and remains in this position throughout the observatory's lifetime.
Footage on a slider of the unfolding Deployable Aperture Cover inside NASA Goddard's Space Environment Simulator.
GoPro Timelapse of the unfolding Deployable Aperture Cover inside NASA Goddard's Space Environment Simulator.
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This page was originally published on Friday, August 9, 2024.
This page was last updated on Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 4:37 PM EDT.