NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman | NASA

NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman | NASA

A New Name – We renamed our next-generation space telescope, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, in honor of Nancy Grace Roman. Considered the “mother” of the our Hubble Space Telescope, she paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.

Who was Nancy Grace Roman?