Nancy Grace Roman

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American NASA official astronomer woman scientist

Nancy Grace Roman was an American astronomer known as the “Mother of Hubble” for her pioneering role in developing NASA’s space-based astronomy program and championing the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ NASA official ⓘ astronomer ⓘ woman scientist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in astronomy ⓘ
areaOfResearch	galactic structure ⓘ stellar astronomy ⓘ variable stars ⓘ
awardReceived	NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal ⓘ NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ⓘ Women in Aerospace Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1925-05-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2018-12-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	Swarthmore College ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Naval Research Laboratory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Roman ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ
fullName	Nancy Grace Roman self-link ⓘ
givenName	Nancy ⓘ
hasNamesake	Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ⓘ
inspired	development of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ⓘ
knownFor	championing the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ pioneering role in space-based astronomy ⓘ planning and development of early NASA space telescopes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ American Astronomical Society ⓘ
nickname	Mother of Hubble ⓘ
notableStudentOrMentee	many early-career NASA astronomers ⓘ
notableWork	advocacy for the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ development of NASA space-based astronomy program ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ civil servant ⓘ science administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath	Germantown, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Germantown, Maryland, United States
positionHeld	Chief of Astronomy and Relativity Programs at NASA ⓘ Head of Astronomy and Relativity Programs in the Office of Space Science at NASA ⓘ first Chief of Astronomy at NASA ⓘ
residence	Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland, United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
workLocation	Greenbelt, Maryland ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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