Sentences with phrase «sofia jetliner»
NASA's SOFIA jetliner recently observed Pluto during an occultation event, prior to New Horizons» historic flyby.
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The only observatory able to position itself directly in the center of Pluto's shadow, located off of New Zealand, was NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100 - inch - diameter (2.5 meters) telescope.