NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space
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On July 27, technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names on a commemorative plaque attached to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by people worldwide, including astronauts from Artemis II and Artemis III, and will travel with the observatory when it launches on a Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A.
On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by people globally, including astronauts from Artemis II and Artemis III. The memory card will travel with the Roman observatory […]
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