Roman Space Telescope's Instruments and Mirror attached to the Spacecraft Bus

  • Released Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now in the formation of SCIPA (Spacecraft Integrated Payload Assembly). The footage captures the Integrated Payload Assembly, which contains the Mirror assembly, Instrument Carrier, and the two science instruments, the Wide Field Instrument and Coronagraph, along with the hexagonal Spacecraft bus, which houses electronics and the propulsion system.

SCIPA includes all the primary internal parts of the telescope. This whole assembly will undergo further testing until integrated with the Outer Barrel assembly, deployable aperture cover, and solar panels.

Technicians lift the Mirror assembly with the science instruments onto the Spacecraft Bus. Floor level footage.

This is footage from the upper level of the cleanroom.

Time-lapse video of Roman shows the major integration steps of the key systems to form SCIPA, or the Spacecraft Integrated Payload Assembly. It includes the spacecraft bus, with all the support systems and electronics, the Wide Field Instrument, the Coronagraph Instrument, and the Optical Telescope Assembly, which is built around the 2.4 meter (7.9 foot) primary mirror. This sequence does not have sound and is available as video and frames.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Another time-lapse view of Roman shows the major integration steps of the key systems to form SCIPA, or the Spacecraft Integrated Payload Assembly. It includes the spacecraft bus, with all the support systems and electronics, the Wide Field Instrument, the Coronagraph Instrument, and the Optical Telescope Assembly, which is built around the 2.4 meter (7.9 foot) primary mirror. This sequence does not have sound and is available as video and frames.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM EST.