Live Science reported on 20 September 2026 that NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's 300-megapixel camera this week and that stars appeared neon-green in the first test image. A NASA Science blog on 15 September said the team had activated that Wide Field Instrument and checked the coronagraph. Live Science also said the agency was talking about doubling the mission's lifespan.
Live Science, timestamped 10:00 UTC on 20 September 2026, said NASA turned on Roman's 300-megapixel camera this week and that stars appeared neon-green in the debut test image. The piece quoted the line that the team was on the way to groundbreaking science. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[1]
A NASA Science blog dated 15 September 2026 said the Roman team had successfully activated the Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared camera, and had checked the coronagraph. That is the same camera Live Science described as being turned on this week. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[2], [1]
Live Science said NASA was already talking about doubling the mission's lifespan. NASA's 15 September note records the activation; Live Science on 20 September gives the first public description of the test image itself. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[1], [2]
