Nancy Roman
American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 93
Nancy Grace Roman was an American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and stellar motions.
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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![Roman sits at the control console for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, launched in 1972 and nicknamed Copernicus. This is a publicity picture; she never actually worked in the Goddard control room.[31]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nancy_Roman_Control_Console.jpg/330px-Nancy_Roman_Control_Console.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Roman sits at the control console for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, launched in 1972 and nicknamed Copernicus. This is a publicity picture; she never actually worked in the Goddard control room.[31]
Nancy Grace Roman with COBE Project Scientist John Mather in 2017
Dr. 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.
Nancy Grace Roman with Women of HubbleAwards
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The first female executive at NASA, Roman served as NASA's first Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s, establishing her as one of the "visionary founders of the US civilian space program".
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Riccardo GiacconiBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
George SmootBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
Mario MolinaBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
John C. MatherBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
Walter LewinBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal