Steward Observatory Researchers and Collaboration Partners Attend NASA’s Roman Launch
Students, postdocs, and faculty gather to join long-awaited launch
Researchers meet at Cape Canaveral to see the momentous launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Faculty, postdocs, and students traveled to Cape Canaveral for the long-awaited launch of NASA's flagship Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Following the successful launch, research teams are now preparing for the mission's data stream — an estimated 1TB per day — which will deliver unprecedentedly wide views of the universe and drive major advances in our understanding of dark energy and dark matter.
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Pictured from left to right (UA affiliation except where noted): Diogo Souza (JPL), Xiaohui Fan, Serena Kim, João Rebouças, Tim Eifler, Emily Macbeth, Yu-Hsiu Huang, Lauren Willett, Elisabeth Krause, Pranjal RS (JPL).