Astronomer · 1925 CE – 2018 CE

Nancy Grace Roman

Biography

Nancy Grace Roman was NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and one of the first women in an executive position at the agency. Her advocacy for a large space telescope earned her the title 'Mother of Hubble', and NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is named in her honour.

Scientific contributions

NASA's first Chief of Astronomy
Key architect of space-based astronomy and the Hubble Space Telescope
Championed orbiting observatories across the spectrum

Observatories, instruments & objects

Worked at

NASA

Knowledge connections

Namesake ofNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
StudiesThe Milky Way
Part ofSpace Age Astronomy
Worked atNASA

Sources & references

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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