August 30, 2026, marks the start of the journey for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman or NGRST) that will reside in relatively close proximity to the John Webb Space Telescope (Webb or JWST) at Lagrange point (L2) – (see Seeing Beyond 2021). While Webb uses mid-infrared and near-infrared to see deep into the universe performing high resolution narrow field investigations, Roman uses near-infrared to chart wide, panoramic sections of the universe. As an analogy, JWS

Did you receive what you wanted for Christmas this year? A few years ago, I really wanted a Newtonian telescope. I was so happy to wake...