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'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch

13d 11h ago by sh.itjust.works/u/threelonmusketeers in astronomy@mander.xyz from www.space.com

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/66580728

They named a telescope after Nancy Grace?

Roman*. Ask an AI to make this picture look like she's a centurion to be accurate

named a telescope after Nancy Grace?

No, Nancy (Grace) Roman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Roman

astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and stellar motions