NASA's Odd Flying Observatory, SOFIA, Will Go on Display at Arizona Museum

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The space agency retired the flying infrared telescope last year as the result of budget cuts.

, spent more than 15 years observing planets, comets, and asteroids during its long plane rides. The aircraft is a modified Boeing 747SP jet, fitted with a reflecting telescope.

has been chilling at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. But the aircraft will take off one last time, flying to Arizona on Tuesday, December 13, NASAThere, makes its public“The

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