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NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space
NASA installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 global names on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as part of a commemorative plaque.
Why it matters
This initiative allows millions of people to be symbolically included in deep space exploration by having their names physically sent into space.
The details
- Launch is targeted for Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
- The telescope will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2 (L2).
- The observatory is named after NASA's first chief astronomer, Dr. Nancy Grace Roman.
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