Plane-turned-observatory collects data on our neighbors in space

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The world’s only flying infrared observatory waits on the tarmac in Palmdale, ready for its next mission. Photo by Kerstin Zilm.

The world’s only flying deep-space telescope zigzags over the Pacific, taking images from a hole in the side of the plane. The program is set to end this fall.

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