NASA Honor Awards recognize IPACers working on Euclid, NEOWISE, and Roman

On January 22, 2026, dozens of IPAC staff members were recognized at the NASA Honor Awards ceremony. 

With Group Achievement Awards handed out to teams working on Euclid, NEOWISE, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the wide array of work highlights IPAC’s diverse and cutting-edge research environment. 

The Euclid NASA Center At IPAC Team was recognized “For group achievement in successful delivery of calibration and software updates for processing Euclid-NISP instrument data during the first six months of the Euclid mission.”

The NEOWISE Data Center Team was recognized “For group achievement in the successful delivery of over ten years of NEOWISE survey data in eleven high-quality data releases.”

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) Instrument Integration and Test (II&T) Team was recognized “For group achievement in successfully delivering instrument integration and test on the Roman Coronagraph Instrument.”

The Roman CGI Support Center Team was recognized “For group achievement in the successful delivery of software supporting Roman Coronagraph Instrument delivery to the Roman Project.”