Pictures: NASA Guts 747, Adds 17-Ton Telescope

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 16:51 in Astronomy & Space

A candy-colored view of Jupiter is among the first pictures taken by SOFIA, a 17-ton telescope mounted into a modified Boeing 747. NASA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - Space - Astronomy - Boeing 747

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