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December 25, 2018 (93 years old)
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Taurus
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Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman was a noted American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and motions, and became the first female executive at NASA, and 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". She 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 also an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences. On 20 May 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope would be named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in recognition of her enduring contributions to astronomy.
BornNancy Grace Roman, May 16, 1925, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 2018, Germantown, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsYerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, NASA, Naval Research Laboratory
Alma materSwarthmore College, University of Chicago
ThesisUrsa Major Moving Group (1949)
Other academic advisorsW.W. Morgan, Peter van de Kamp
Known forNASA's Chief of Astronomy, Planning of the Hubble Space Telescope
Notable awardsFederal Woman's Award, Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA, NASA Outstanding Scientific Leadership Award, Fellow, American Astronautical Society, William Randolph Lovelace II Award, American Astronautical Association, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Lifetime Achievement Award – Women in Aerospace

About Nancy Grace Roman

Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman was born on May 16, 1925 in Tennessee, United States (She dies at the age of 93, on December 25, 2018).

Executive NASA astronomer who found that helium and hydrogen-rich stars move faster than other stars. In 1962, she was awarded the Federal Woman's Award.

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Nancy Grace Roman before becoming famous

Nancy Grace Roman was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1925 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).

When she was eleven, she formed an astronomy club that met once a week.

Achievement of Nancy Grace Roman

She helped the Goddard Space Flight Center until 1997 after working for NASA for 21 years.

Nancy Grace Roman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Irwin Roman, a geophysicist, and Georgia Smith Roman, a music teacher, gave birth to her.

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Her team worked on the Hubble Telescope, which bears Astronomer Edwin Hubble's name.

Edwin Hubble (1889 - 1953) (Astronomer)
Edwin Hubble (1889 - 1953)

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Nancy Grace Roman Income & Net worth

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