NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space

The included names will become a permanent part of the telescope's payload as it explores the universe.

NASA31 Jul 20261 min read

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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 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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