Roman Space Telescope clears key acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum tests

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope completed a fall campaign of acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum testing, performed separately on its inner and outer spacecraft elements, marking a series of integration milestones as the observatory moves closer to transfer to a Florida launch pad.

Discovered 2025-11-28T00:49:52.323273-08:00 | 2025-11-28T00:49:52.323273-08:00

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  • The campaign included separate acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum verification of the telescope's inner and outer elements, a necessary hardware validation step before shipment to a Florida launch pad.
  • The observatory's expanding pre‑launch science case — including findings that Roman can perform asteroseismology using its baseline plan — increases the mission's scientific value and the importance of keeping the test and integration schedule on track.

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