Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

NASA Telescope Named For 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope or Roman Space Telescope, for short is set to launch in the mid-2020s.

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  • The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope or Roman Space Telescope, for short is set to launch in the mid-2020s.
  • "It is because of Nancy Grace Roman's leadership and vision that NASA became a pioneer in astrophysics and launched Hubble, the world's most powerful and productive space telescope," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
  • Who Was Nancy Grace Roman?
  • The Roman Space Telescope will be a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics.

NASA to Make Announcement About WFIRST Space Telescope Mission

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Monday, May 18, 2020
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WASHINGTON, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission.
  • The episode will air live on NASA's website , NASA YouTube , NASA Facebook and Twitter/Periscope .
  • Members of the mission will respond to questions from the livestream chat in real time during the episode.
  • WFIRST is a space telescope that will conduct unprecedented large surveys of the infrared universe to explore everything from our solar system to the edge of the observable universe, including planets throughout our galaxy and the nature of dark energy.

NASA Awards Optical Telescope Assembly for Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Mission

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Friday, November 30, 2018
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester, New York, for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) for the agency's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester, New York, for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) for the agency's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission.
  • The total value of this cost-plus-award-fee contract is approximately $195.9 million.
  • The efforts include fabricating, as necessary, aligning, testing, verifying and delivering the telescope to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
  • For information about NASA's WFIRST mission, visit:
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NASA Awards the Short Wave Infra-Red Sensor Chip Assembly for WFIRST

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Friday, June 15, 2018
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GREENBELT, Md., June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --NASA has awarded a contract to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, Camarillo, California, for the Short Wave Infra-Red Sensor Chip Assembly (SCA) for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Project.

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  • GREENBELT, Md., June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --NASA has awarded a contract to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, Camarillo, California, for the Short Wave Infra-Red Sensor Chip Assembly (SCA) for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Project.
  • Managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, WFIRST is fully-funded for Fiscal Year 2018.
  • Work will continue on the mission in this time period until appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019 have been determined.
  • The contract shall provide 72 Short Wave Infrared SCA devices for the WFIRST Space Flight Focal Plane Assembly.

Ball Aerospace Selected to Build Key Instrument Component for NASA's WFIRST Observatory

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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BOULDER, Colo., May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been chosen to develop and build the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Optical Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

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  • BOULDER, Colo., May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been chosen to develop and build the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Optical Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
  • WFIRST is a NASA observatory designed to answer essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics using the WFI.
  • The WFI consists of WOMA and key subassemblies provided by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  • Ball Aerospace pioneers discoveries that enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
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WASHINGTON, May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

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  • WASHINGTON, May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
  • Called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Opto-Mechanical Assembly, the cost-plus-award-fee contract has a value of approximately $113.2 million.
  • Managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, WFIRST is fully-funded for Fiscal Year 2018.
  • The contract requires Ball Aerospace to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test and evaluate the Wide Field Instrument Opto-Mechanical Assembly for the WFIRST mission.