Dr. Nancy Roman - GPN-2002-000212 edited
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Dr. Nancy Roman, one of the nations top scientists in the space program, is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO). Dr. Nancy Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1949. In 1959, Dr. Roman joined NASA and in 1960 served as Chief of the Astronomy and Relativity Programs in the Office of Space Science. She was very influential in creating satellites such as the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). She retired from NASA in 1979, but continued working as a contractor at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Throughout her career, Dr. Roman was a spokesperson and advocate of women in the sciences.
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Nancy RomanNancy Grace Roman war eine US-amerikanische Astronomin und der erste Chief of Astronomy and Relativity Programs der NASA. Da sie maßgeblich an der Planung für das Hubble-Weltraumteleskop beteiligt war, wird sie oft als Hubbles Mutter bezeichnet. Nach ihr ist das Nancy Grace Roman Space Teleskop benannt. .. weiterlesen