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NSN Webinar Series: Expanding Our View with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NSN Webinar Series: Expanding Our View with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

  • Daytime Event
  • Inside Venue
  • Nighttime Event
  • Target Audience
  • Adult, Teen
  • 02/27/2023
NASA's Night Sky Network joined Brandon Lawton on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 to learn about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2027.

Expanding Our View with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aims to expand our view of the cosmos.  Scheduled to launch by May 2027, the Roman Space Telescope will enable new science thanks to its unique combination of a large field-of-view, Hubble-like resolution at near-infrared wavelengths, and the ability to rapidly survey large portions of the sky.  Join me as we explore what makes the Roman Space Telescope so special and the amazing science to come from this unique space-based mission.

About Brandon Lawton
Brandon Lawton is a Ph.D. scientist with more than 10 years of experience in the astronomy communications and outreach field. He is a Project Scientist for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope science communications at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).  STScI is the Science Operations Center for the Roman mission and is located on Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland.  Brandon manages the portfolio of STScI public outreach projects for the Roman mission, in addition to leading several NASA data and authentic experiences efforts for NASA's Universe of Learning Science Activation program. Brandon has a research background in studying the interstellar medium of galaxies near and far, including star formation processes.  Brandon earned his Ph.D. in 2008 from New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces, NM. 

Livestream & Recording (YouTube)
The talk will also be streamed live at the YouTube link below. Please note that questions submitted via the Zoom QA feature will have priority over YouTube chat.
The recording is available at the link below.

YouTube
https://youtube.com/live/BLSuqvKcvPY


Further Information

Answers to additonal questions from Brandon Lawton

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/NSNLawtonAnswers.pdf


Nancy Grace Roman Mission Operations Center 
https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Nancy Grace Roman Mission Science Operations Center
https://www.stsci.edu/roman

Nancy Grace Roman Mission Technical Documentation & Slides  
https://www.stsci.edu/roman/documentation/technical-documentation

Nancy Grace Roman Mission Visual Library  
https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/SRO/Library+of+Roman+Visuals


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Last Updated: March 21, 2023
 

Video

WEBINAR RECORDING - YOUTUBE

The webinar session recording from March 21, 2023.