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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) in 1962. She was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA. She had oversight for the planning and development of programs including the Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2ohUxc9
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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer was taken on March 31, 2017 at 05:05AM