{"id":498312,"date":"2026-08-05T01:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=fd75a23d7e32443eb33f492d4f7f94f3"},"modified":"2026-08-05T01:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:50:44","slug":"roman-space-telescope-plaque-install-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=498312","title":{"rendered":"Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope<\/a>. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman<\/a>, NASA\u2019s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency\u2019s modern science program. It also features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA\u2019s Artemis II and Artemis III missions.<\/p>\n

This observatory, scheduled to launch Aug. 30, 2026, will be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Jolearra Tshiteya<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA\u2019s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA\u2019s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency\u2019s modern science program. It also features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t