The SOFI Atelescope just embarked on its last flight.

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The world’s largest flying observatory is entering retirement

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SOFIA, a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR

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The aircraft is maintained and operated by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703, in Palmdale, California.

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SOFIA was a mission of discovery, revealing unseen and sometimes unseeable parts of our universe

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In 2019, SOFIA detected the first type of molecule ever formed in the universe for the first time.

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SOFIA Target was gathering data to study the Moon, planets, stars, star-forming regions, and nearby galaxies

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SOFIA found modern helium hydride 3,000 light-years away.

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Magnetic fields affect many astrophysical phenomena, and SOFIA has taught us a lot about them

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Sofia Mission To Achive Was

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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

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