Roman telescope passes guidance checks and takes a first coronagraph look

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• NASA checks Roman guidance system, takes first coronagraph observation — NASA
• NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches — NASA
• NASA interview opportunity — original Jeremy Perkins interview — NASA
• Real drone footage of the fully deployed Roman observatory — NASA
• Roman cleanroom photograph — NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya — NASA
• Official Roman mission page — NASA
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