NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels and 'Visor'

NASA test deploys Roman Space Telescope solar panels and 'visor'

On Aug. 7 and 8, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team assessed the observatory's solar panels and a visor-like sunshade called the deployable aperture cover—two components that will be stowed for launch and unfold in space.

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Solar Panel Deployment Test

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Solar Panel Deployment Test | NASA GoddardTechnicians recently tested two major deployments for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the Deployable Aperture Cover (DAC) and the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS). The DAC will protect Roman’s instruments before launch, then swing open once the telescope is in space. To simulate weightlessness, engineers used a gravity offload system precisely counterbalanced to r…

NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels, ‘Visor’

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