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Born in 1925, Nancy Grace Roman formed an astronomy club with her

classmates at the age of 11. After graduating early from high school, she

worked at several observatories while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree

and a PhD in Astronomy. Throughout her education, she battled against

the belief that women should not want to be scientists.

In her late twenties, Roman discovered unusual behavior in the emission

spectra of the star AG Draconis. She published her ﬁndings, becoming well

recognized in the astronomy ﬁeld. After working at the Naval Research

Laboratory, she applied to the newly formed NASA and became the ﬁrst

Chief of Astronomy for its Oﬃce of Space Science, as well as the ﬁrst

woman to hold an executive position at the agency.

Over the course of her career at NASA, Roman was involved in the

development and launching of numerous satellites. She is most famous for

her work in the planning of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990,

and is often called the “Mother of Hubble”.

Roman received the NASA Exceptional Scientiﬁc Achievement Medal in

1969. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics

and the asteroid 2516 Roman are named in her honor.

ASTRONOMER

NANCY GRACE ROMAN