NASA's Roman Space Telescope Gets New Core in Heart Transplant
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Focal Plane System, which holds 18 detectors and ultra-modern electronics, has arrived at Ball Aerospace in Boulder. The system will be integrated into the Wide Field Instrument for the improved study of dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets with the help of highly defined images. The detectors were developed by engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The team expects WFI's return to Goddard in the spring of 2024, where it will ultimately be integrated into the rest of the observatory, and launched in 2027.