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Astronomy Above the Atmosphere: Nancy Grace Roman prepared by Ruth Howes Marquette University with support from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. The Beginning of Space-Based Astronomy World War II saw the development of rockets as weapons.
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Astronomy Above the Atmosphere: Nancy Grace Roman prepared by Ruth Howes Marquette University with support from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
The Beginning of Space-Based Astronomy World War II saw the development of rockets as weapons. Further research offered the possibility of placing satellites in orbit. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed in1958 from a combination of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the rocket group from the Naval Research Laboratory. Although NASA’s primary focus was on manned space flight, scientists recognized the opportunity for basic research in astronomy from satellites.
Image from NASA and downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atmospheric_transmittance_infrared.gif
Images of two stars showing blurring from seeing. A negative short-exposure image of the binary star Zeta Bootis, taken with the en:Nordic Optical Telescope in May 2000. Further details can be found at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/coast/theses/rnt/node48.html
A V2 Rocket: Imperial War Museum - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 13:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC) from: Weapons & War Machines compiled by Andrew Kershaw and Ian Close - Phoebus - 1976 - ISBN 0-7026-0008-3 and credited to: Imperial War Museum.
Nancy Grace Roman Photograph from NASA
Highlights of Nancy Grace Roman’s Career B.A. in astronomy from Swarthmore College Ph.D. from the University of Chicago work done at Yerkes Observatory Research Associate, Instructor, and Assistant Professor at Yerkes and the University of Chicago research on chemical composition of groups of stars Astronomer at the Naval Research Laboratory. Numerous projects including radar measurement of distance to moon Joins NASA in charge of space-based programs in the visible and ultraviolet
Roman Starts NASA’s Astronomy Program Visits to all major astronomy departments and relevant industries to sell the idea of using satellites. Establishes external advisory board to reduce friction between astronomers at universities and those at NASA NASA will fund space-based astronomy; NSF will fund ground-based astronomy. Staffs work out the gray areas. Dealt with barrage of publicity as a woman holding high rank in NASA
NASA’s Four Great Observatories from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html
The Hubble Space Telescope from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html
Stars Form in the Eagle Nebula As photographed by The Hubble Space Telescope
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html
The Milky Way in Gammas as shown by data from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
The Chandra X-Ray Telescope from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html
Two Galaxies Collided to form the Cartwheel Galaxy shown here as a composite of data from the Hubble (green), Spitzer (red) and Chandra (purple). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/P. N. Appleton (SSC/Caltech )
The Spitzer Space Telescope from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html