Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] is a partner on five contracts awarded by NASA to investigate concepts for nexgen space telescopes. The concepts include a powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, three planet finding missions, and a futuristic x-ray space telescope. The study results will be submitted for consideration to the scientific community during the upcoming National Academy of Science‘s Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which sets priorities for future astrophysics missions. Additional info here…


