ASTRONOMYThe successor to the Hubble Space Telescope passed a major milestone last week when NASA announced that the company TRW in Redondo Beach, California, will lead construction of the $1.8 billion observatory. But NASA broke with tradition by naming the scope not after a pioneering scientist but after a former NASA administrator.

The Hubble Space Telescope's successor, called the Chandra X-ray Observatory, will be built by TRW, with its name being selected by NASA in a surprise move.

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Hubble Successor Finds Builder and New Name

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