Moving Roman: Propulsion

Many space telescopes, including NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, require fuel to move. Propellant is, however, a finite resource. Watch how the NASA team carefully installs this mission-limiting resource into the telescope’s spacecraft bus.

Music Credits: "Black Nebula" by Thomas Daniel Bellingham
"Maelstrom Dream" by Lucie Rose
"Evolution of Life" by David Stephen Goldsmith
"Maximist" by Michael Blainey
"Greatness Takes Time" by Beth Perry and Chris Doney
Sound FX: "Asthma inhaler" by natty23 and "Compressed Air" by thompsonman

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Producers: Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.);
Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Animator: Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Photographers: Christopher Gunn (InuTeq, LLC);
Jolearra Tshiteya (ASRC Federal)
Technical support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Narrator: Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)

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