Costly telescope-on-a-plane finally faces termination after years of problems - Nature.com

NASA and the German Space Agency ground the SOFIA observatory, citing community concerns over cost and productivity.

The SOFIA telescope-on-a-plane will make its final observations by 30 September.Credit: Joshua Fisher/NASA NASA and Germanys space agency are permanently shutting down the Stratospheric Observatory … [+5142 chars]

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