May 21

NASA’s WFIRST space telescope becomes the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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NASA has announced that it has renamed its next-generation space telescope that is currently under development. The telescope was called the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope or WFIRST. The telescope is being renamed in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer. Roman paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. The new name is the … Continue reading

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