NASA Names Upcoming Telescope to Honor the 'Mother of Hubble'

NASA Names Upcoming Telescope to Honor the 'Mother of Hubble'

In a time when women were discouraged from studying math and science, Nancy Grace Roman became a research astronomer and the first chief of astronomy at NASA. Known today as the “Mother of Hubble,” she was instrumental in taking the Hubble Space Telescope from an idea to reality and establishing NASA’s program of space-based astronomical observatories. Now, NASA has honored her by giving her name to one of its most powerful upcoming missions. Formerly known as WFIRST, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will lead the way in studying dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets. Learn more about the incredible woman it is named for. https://www.nasa.gov/roman Music credit: "Rising Tides" from Universal Production Music Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Lead Producer Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC): Public Affairs Officer Nancy Grace Roman (NASA/GSFC Retired): Interviewee Barb Mattson (University of Maryland College Park): Narrator Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park): Science Writer Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Writer Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Editor Katrina Jackson (USRA): Editor This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13608 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc