Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.

I started out, as most astronomers do, with a university job. But in my generation, women weren't very welcome at universities, and so I…

— Nancy Roman

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize…

— Nancy Roman

In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the…

— Nancy Roman

Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems…

— Nancy Roman

You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you…

— Nancy Roman

I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of…

— Nancy Roman

I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get…

— Nancy Roman

I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.

— Nancy Roman

Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an…

— Nancy Roman

All of the stars rotate, have orbits around the center of the galaxy, and most of them go around the center of the galaxy…

— Nancy Roman

I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.

— Nancy Roman

One of the primary ways that astronomers study stars is to spread their light out into a rainbow, which we call a spectrum, and…

— Nancy Roman

Looking through the atmosphere is somewhat like looking through a piece of old, stained glass. The glass has defects in it, so the image…

— Nancy Roman

The exciting results from the Hubble, other satellites and probes would not have been possible without innovative solutions to many technical problems.

— Nancy Roman

A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space…

— Nancy Roman