<P> Chandra is one of the Great Observatories , along with the Hubble Space Telescope , Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ( 1991 -- 2000 ) , and the Spitzer Space Telescope . The telescope is named after the Nobel Prize - winning Indian - American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar . Its mission is similar to that of ESA 's XMM - Newton spacecraft , also launched in 1999 . </P>
<P> Chandra is one of the Great Observatories , along with the Hubble Space Telescope , Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ( 1991 -- 2000 ) , and the Spitzer Space Telescope . The telescope is named after the Nobel Prize - winning Indian - American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar . Its mission is similar to that of ESA 's XMM - Newton spacecraft , also launched in 1999 . </P>
who is nasa 's chandra xray observatory named after
who is nasa 's chandra xray observatory named after
the Nobel Prize - winning Indian - American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
the Nobel Prize - winning Indian - American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar