NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry Over 1.3 Million Names
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NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry Over 1.3 Million Names

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On July 27, NASA installed a commemorative plaque containing the names of over 1.3 million people on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The initiative aimed to allow global participation in space exploration by including individuals’ names on the observatory as it travels into deep space.

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed the installation of a memory card holding 1,350,144 names. These submissions came from people around the world and notably included astronauts assigned to the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

The memory card will accompany the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as it embarks on its mission. The telescope is designed to study dark energy and dark matter, search for exoplanets, and conduct wide-field surveys of the universe.

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