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: Surveying the Universe | NASA Goddard FriendsofNASA.org: The James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes are NASA’s latest flagship astrophysics observatories. One is in space already and the other will join it there soon. These two telescopes have their own objectives and together will advance our understanding of the universe. This video series compares Roman and Webb. The Webb and Roman telescopes will help us answer questions about the fundamental nature