In a major step forward for one of NASA's most anticipated space observatories, engineers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have successfully installed two sunshields on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
"This shield is like an extremely strong sunblock for Roman's sensitive instruments, protecting them from heat and light from the sun that would otherwise overwhelm our ability to detect faint signals from space," Matthew Stephens, an aerospace engineer at NASA Goddard, said in a statement.
