{"id":55133,"date":"2020-05-20T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-460938"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:57:32","slug":"nasa-telescope-named-for-mother-of-hubble-nancy-grace-roman","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-telescope-named-for-mother-of-hubble-nancy-grace-roman\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Telescope Named For \u2018Mother of Hubble\u2019 Nancy Grace Roman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">7 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Telescope Named For \u2018Mother of Hubble\u2019 Nancy Grace Roman<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trailer_still_1.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA\u2019s first Chief of Astronomy. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope \u2013 or Roman Space Telescope, for short \u2013 is set to launch in the mid-2020s. It will investigate long-standing astronomical mysteries, such as the force behind the universe\u2019s expansion, and search for distant planets beyond our solar system.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considered the \u201cmother\u201d of NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope, which launched 30 years ago, Roman tirelessly advocated for new tools that would allow scientists to study the broader universe from space. She left behind a tremendous legacy in the scientific community when she died in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is because of Nancy Grace Roman\u2019s leadership and vision that NASA became a pioneer in astrophysics and launched Hubble, the world\u2019s most powerful and productive space telescope,\u201d said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. \u201cI can think of no better name for WFIRST, which will be the successor to NASA\u2019s Hubble and Webb Telescopes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who worked with NASA on the Hubble and WFIRST space telescopes, said, \u201cIt is fitting that as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women\u2019s suffrage, NASA has announced the name of their new WFIRST telescope in honor of Dr. Nancy Roman, the Mother of Hubble \u2013 well deserved. It recognizes the incredible achievements of women in science and moves us even closer to no more hidden figures and no more hidden galaxies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Broadening Our Cosmic Horizons\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPq2VVPjk_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scheduled to launch in the mid-2020s, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as WFIRST, will function as Hubble\u2019s wide-eyed cousin. While just as sensitive as Hubble’s cameras, the Roman Space Telescope’s 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument will image a sky area 100 times larger. This means a single Roman Space Telescope image will hold the equivalent detail of 100 pictures from Hubble. Credits: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who Was Nancy Grace Roman?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born on May 16, 1925, in Nashville, Tennessee, Roman consistently persevered in the face of challenges that plagued many women of her generation interested in science. By seventh grade, she knew she wanted to be an astronomer. Despite being discouraged about going into science \u2013 the head of Swarthmore College\u2019s physics department told her he usually dissuaded girls from majoring in physics, but that she \u201cmight make it\u201d \u2013 Roman earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in astronomy from Swarthmore in 1946 and a doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She remained at Chicago for six years and made discoveries about the compositions of stars that had implications for the evolution of our Milky Way galaxy. Knowing that her chances of achieving tenure at a university as a woman were slim at that time, she took a position at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and made strides in researching cosmic questions through radio waves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roman came to NASA in 1959, just six months after the agency had been established. At that time, she served as the chief of astronomy and relativity in the Office of Space Science, managing astronomy-related programs and grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew that taking on this responsibility would mean that I could no longer do research, but the challenge of formulating a program from scratch that I believed would influence astronomy for decades to come was too great to resist,\u201d she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/people\/225\/nancy-roman-1925-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA interview.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a difficult era for women who wanted to advance in scientific research. While Roman said that men generally treated her equally at NASA, she also revealed in one interview that she had to use the prefix \u201cDr.\u201d with her name because \u201cotherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she persisted in her vision to establish new ways to probe the secrets of the universe. When she arrived at NASA, astronomers could obtain data from balloons, sounding rockets and airplanes, but they could not measure all the wavelengths of light. Earth\u2019s atmosphere blocks out much of the radiation that comes from the distant universe. What\u2019s more, only a telescope in space has the luxury of perpetual nighttime and doesn\u2019t have to shut down during the day. Roman knew that to see the universe through more powerful, unblinking eyes, NASA would have to send telescopes to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Roman\u2019s leadership, NASA launched four Orbiting Astronomical Observatories between 1966 and 1972. While only two of the four were successful, they demonstrated the value of space-based astrophysics and represented the precursors to Hubble. She also championed the International Ultraviolet Explorer, which was built in the 1970s as a joint project between NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the United Kingdom, as well as the Cosmic Background Explorer, which measured the leftover radiation from the big bang and led to two of its leading scientists receiving the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above all, Roman is credited with making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. In the mid-1960s, she set up a committee of astronomers and engineers to envision a telescope that could accomplish important scientific goals. She convinced NASA and Congress that it was a priority to launch the most powerful space telescope the world had ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubble turned out to be the most scientifically revolutionary space telescope of all time. Ed Weiler, Hubble\u2019s chief scientist until 1998, called Roman \u201cthe mother of the Hubble Space Telescope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNancy Grace Roman was a leader and advocate whose dedication contributed to NASA seriously pursuing the field of astrophysics and taking it to new heights,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA\u2019s associate administrator for science. \u201cHer name deserves a place in the heavens she studied and opened for so many.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A New Portrait of the Cosmos is Coming\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6J1qTOHBZ4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as WFIRST, is an upcoming space telescope designed to perform wide-field imaging and spectroscopy of the infrared sky. One of the Roman Space Telescope’s objectives will be looking for clues about dark energy \u2014 the mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the universe. Another objective of the mission will be finding and studying exoplanets. Credits: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the Roman Space Telescope?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roman Space Telescope will be a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics. The telescope has a primary mirror that is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter and is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s primary mirror. The Roman Space Telescope is designed to have two instruments, the Wide Field Instrument and a technology demonstration Coronagraph Instrument. The Wide Field Instrument will have a field of view that is 100 times greater than the Hubble infrared instrument, allowing it to capture more of the sky with less observing time. The Coronagraph Instrument will perform high contrast imaging and spectroscopy of individual nearby exoplanets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WFIRST project passed a critical programmatic and technical milestone in February, giving the mission the official green light to begin hardware development and testing. With the passage of this latest key milestone, the team will begin finalizing the mission design by building engineering test units and models to ensure the design will hold up under the extreme conditions during launch and while in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Fiscal Year 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act funds the WFIRST program through September 2020. It is not included in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request, as the administration wants to focus on completing the James Webb Space Telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a statement from Nancy Grace Roman\u2019s cousins, Laura Bates Verreau and Barbara Brinker, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/2WREEtz\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/2WREEtz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Roman Space Telescope, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/roman\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/roman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felicia Chou \/ Elizabeth Landau<br> Headquarters, Washington<br> 202-358-0257 \/ 202-923-0167<br> felicia.chou@nasa.gov \/ elandau@nasa.gov<br> Claire Andreoli\u200b<br> Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.<br> 301-286-1940<br> claire.andreoli@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full 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