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NASA renames its next-gen telescope after woman chief astronomer credited with launching the Hubble telescope

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NASA renames its next-gen telescope after woman chief astronomer credited with launching the Hubble telescope
NASA renames its next-gen telescope after woman chief astronomer credited with launching the Hubble telescope

NASA has renamed its next-generation Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope after Nancy Roman, the agency's first chief astronomer known as the Mother of Hubble.

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RESTRICTIONS: Broadcast: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Digital: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN NASA has renamed its next-generation Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope after Nancy Roman, the agency's first chief astronomer known as the Mother of Hubble.

NASA plans to launch the Roman Space Telescope in the mid-2020s.

The Roman Space Telescope has a silvered primary mirror array that is 2.4-meters wide, about the same size as the Hubble's.

The Roman will include the 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument, which has a field of view 100 times greater than the Hubble's infrared instrument.

One image from the Roman will hold as much detail as 100 Hubble images.

In addition, the new telescope will carry the Coronagraph Instrument, a high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy device.

The Roman will survey the Milky Way with the aim of finding around 2,600 exoplanets.

Its primary mission will last five years, with another five in a potential extended mission.

NASA also plans to use the Roman Space Telescope to find clues about dark energy, which could yield the key to understanding the expansion of the cosmos.

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The Nancy Roman Telescope 2.

Primary mirror system and Wide Field Instrument 3.

The Roman Telescope's field of view is 100 times greater than the Hubble 4.

The scope will scan the Milky Way for exoplanets 5.

The scope will investigate dark energy and the expansion of the universe VOICEOVER (in English): "NASA has renamed its next-generation Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope after Nancy Roman, the agency's first chief astronomer known as the Mother of Hubble.

NASA plans to launch the Roman Space Telescope in the mid-2020s." "The Roman Space Telescope has a silvered primary mirror array that is 2.4-meters wide, about the same size as the Hubble's." "The Roman will include the 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument, which has a field of view 100 times greater than the Hubble's infrared instrument." "One image from the Roman will hold as much detail as 100 Hubble images." "In addition, the new telescope will carry the Coronagraph Instrument, a high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy device." "The Roman will survey the Milky Way with the aim of finding around 2,600 exoplanets.

Its primary mission will last five years, with another five in a potential extended mission." "NASA also plans to use the Roman Space Telescope to find clues about dark energy, which could yield the key to understanding the expansion of the cosmos." SOURCES: NASA, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, YouTube (NASA) https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-named-for-mother-of-hubble-nancy-grace-roman https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/about.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YulCMpGs2LU *** For story suggestions please contact tips@nextanimation.com.tw For technical and editorial support, please contact: Asia: +61 2 93 73 1841 Europe: +44 20 7542 7599 Americas and Latam: +1 800 738 8377

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