As NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, the late Dr. Nancy Grace Roman was a trailblazer who paved the way for space telescopes and for women in the sciences. She is credited with making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope—a groundbreaking, wide-field survey telescope named in her honor—will launch by May 2027 and greatly expand our view of the universe. In this video, we learn from close friend Dr. Joan Gordon, astronomer Dr. Rachael Beaton, and Dr. Roman her

Roman & Webb Space Telescopes: The Search for Exoplanets | NASA Goddard FriendsofNASA.org: The James Webb Space Telescope, observing the universe from a million miles away, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2026, are NASA's two latest flagship astrophysics observatories. Although both are studying myriad cosmic objects to answer fundamental questions about our universe, they have distinct designs and capabilities. The universe is such a vast and complex place that it ta