Full ambient deployment of the Lower Instrument Sun Shield in the SSDIF, the largest Class A cleanroom in the world, at Goddard Space Flight Center. LISS will further block sunlight from the observatory.

The High Gain Antenna and communications panel of Roman Space Telescope. The HGAS on this observatory, used to communicate to and from Earth, is one of the largest of it's type created. 

The Star Tracker of the Attitude Control System.
The Star Tracker of the Attitude Control System.
Integration of the Attitude Control System, including the Star Tracker and Reaction Wheel Assemblies, to the Space Craft Bus of Roman Space Telescope. The  purpose of the RWS is to control the movement of the observatory while in space.
Integration of the Attitude Control System, including the Star Tracker and Reaction Wheel Assemblies, to the Space Craft Bus of Roman Space Telescope. The purpose of the RWS is to control the movement of the observatory while in space.

The Solar Array Sun Shields will source energy from the Sun to power the observatory while shading the rest of the instruments on the Roman Space Telescope.

Roman Space Telescope's Solar Array Sun Shield panels fully deployed on the Outer Barrel Assembly.
Roman Space Telescope's Solar Array Sun Shield panels fully deployed on the Outer Barrel Assembly.
Roman Space Telescope's Solar Array Sun Shield panels fully deployed on the Outer Barrel Assembly.
Roman Space Telescope's Solar Array Sun Shield panels fully deployed on the Outer Barrel Assembly.

The Stimulus of Ray Cones optical System will be used to optical verification and calibration of the Wide Field Instrument using four different testing configurations: flat field, out of band rejection, star projector and Focal Plane Array fiber evaluation.

Power Distribution Unit Box Mechanical Integration to Space Craft on Roman Space Telescope. This is one of many power instruments that will use the array on the Solar Array Sun Shield that will convert energy from the Sun into electricity. 

Space Craft Lift on to Pantheon During Visit to Goddard Space Flight Center from Vice President Kamala Harris and President of North Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol

The Space Craft Bus, which serves as the support for the observatory, lift onto Pantheon in the Integration and Testing Complex at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Roman Space Telescope Flight Solar Array Sun Shields

Blanket Technician Working on Solar Array Sun Shields

Roman Space Telescope Focal Plane Array Packing for Transport from Goddard Space Flight Center to Ball Aerospace

PRISM Optical Component During "Lights Out" Visual and Contamination Inspection. PRISM is part of the Element Wheel system which will spread light through a wide range of wavelengths.

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