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May 16, 1925: The birth of Nancy Grace Roman

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By Samantha Hill
| Astronomy Magazine Verified
Nancy Grace Roman, shown here at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1972, was the first female executive and the first chief of astronomy at NASA. Credit: NASA Nicknamed the “Mother of Hubble,” Nancy Grace Roman spent years pushing for the use of the newest technology to better understand the universe. Roman was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 16, 1925. She was always interested in looking up at the stars and spearheaded an astronomy club at 11 years old.
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May 10, 1900: The birth of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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By Samantha Hill
| Astronomy Magazine Verified
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin sits at her desk at Harvard University; in 1956, she was named chair of the astronomy department there. Credit: Smithsonian Institution/Science Service/restored by Adam Cuerden - Air and Space Museum online gallery (public domain) Born May 10, 1900, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was also the first person to discover that stars are primarily made up of hydrogen and helium — a finding that took years to be acknowledged by the scientific community.
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April 20, 2025: Visiting Asteroid Donaldjohanson

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By Samantha Hill
| Astronomy Magazine Verified
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson in a video on April 20. Using the Lucy LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRII), it imaged the asteroid every two seconds in a time-lapse spanning vantage points from a distance of 1,000 to 660 miles (1,600 to 1,100 km).
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