WFIRST

Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

former name of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA Observation Telescope
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA infrared space telescope scheduled to launch in 2027

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope in development and scheduled to launch by May 2027. Roman was recommended in 2010 by the United States National Research Council Decadal Survey committee as the top priority for the next decade of astronomy. On 17 February 2016, WFIRST was approved for development and launch.

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