NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman

Portal origin URL: NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace RomanPortal origin nid: 460938Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 09:37Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.Portal image: NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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