Boeing's Spectrolab to power NASA's telescope

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Boeing announced on Tuesday that Spectrolab, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, will manufacture, integrate and test approximately 4,000 XTJ Prime solar cells for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

"Using Spectrolab's XTJ Prime solar cells, NASA will be able to maximize the Roman Space Telescope's power generation, allowing greater data gathering capability while operating in a unique mission environment at the L2 Lagrange point," said Tony Mueller, president of Spectrolab.