September 4, 2026
Ohio State Roman telescope team celebrates front row for historic mission
Faculty, students and staff from The Ohio State University were up early in both Columbus and the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as it begins an historic mission to explore dark matter, dark energy, and distant worlds.
For more than a decade, Ohio State faculty, students and postdoctoral scholars have played a role in designing Roman’s surveys. More than 20 Buckeyes, including nine undergraduates, traveled to Florida to watch the launch in person and joined their peers on the Columbus campus for a virtual watch party.
