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NASA is naming its newest space telescope for pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, marking the first time in the agency’s history that one of its major programs has been named for a woman
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- NASA Telescope Named For 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman
I'm liking this trend! This comes after LSST was renamed as the "Vera Rubin Observatory".
Link is to the official NASA press release because it's unpaywalled, but headline taken from this Washington Post article
I guess deities don't count :P