Nancy Grace Roman
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Nancy Grace Roman was an American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and stellar motions. The first female executive at NASA, Roman served as NASA's first chief of a
Nancy Grace Roman in 1969
Roman at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, around 1972
Nancy Grace Roman in her NASA office in the 1960s
Roman with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory in 1962
Hubble Space Telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most ver
Nancy Grace Roman
…space program". Roman created NASA's space astronomy program and is known to many as the "Mother of Hubble" for her foundational role in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. Throughout her career, Roman was an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences. In May 2020, NASA administrator Jim…
The Hubble Space Telescope during STS-125
Lyman Spitzer played a major role in the birth of the Hubble Space Telescope project.
Nancy Grace Roman with a model of the Large Space Telescope that was eventually developed as the Hubble Space Telescope. While listed as a 1966 photo, this design was not the standard until the mid-1970s.
American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (pictured in 1931), for whom the telescope is named.