Costly SOFIA telescope faces termination after years of problems - Nature.com

NASA and the German space agency ground the telescope on a plane, citing the astronomy community’s concerns over cost and productivity.

NASAs SOFIA telescope on a plane will make its final observations by 30 September.Credit: Joshua Fisher/NASA NASA and the German Aerospace Center are permanently shutting down the Stratospheric Obse… [+5404 chars]

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