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Wednesday, 13 September 2023 22:11Primary instrument for NASA's Roman completed, begins tests
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A team of engineers and technicians at Ball Aerospace, one of the industry partners for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has finished assembling the spacecraft's giant camera. Called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), this state-of-the-art tool will enable astronomers to explore the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system to the edge of the observable universe.
"The year-long integration effort culminates in the instrument's first baseline performance testing, where we turn on the instrument to ensure it's working as expected," said Mary Walker, Roman's WFI instrument manager at Goddard.
US astronaut sets record for stint in space
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The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station.
"In some ways, it's been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it's been an incredible blessing," Rubio said Wednesday from the ISS during a chat with NASA that was broadcast live.
Having broken the old record Monday, Rubio said he was now looking forward to reaching 365 days.
Space Force to release guidelines for the use of commercial satellite services
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 18:57ULA has ‘no issues’ with Space Force plan to select three national security launch providers
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 17:04Mini space thruster that runs on water
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Microsoft and Esri to speed up access to Earth-observation data
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 11:30Intelsat and Aalyria aim for “subsea cables in space”
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 11:22Space Force tasks Ursa Space to provide Maritime Situational Awareness solution
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Scientists pursue drug to protect US troops from radiation sickness
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Terran Orbital launches responsive space initiative
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Accenture invests in Open Cosmos to expand access to satellite data
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Ball Aerospace completes testing on Space Systems Command weather monitoring satellite
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:13![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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