RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On its first visit to South America, NASA's SOFIA observatory plane made eight scientific flights in Chile to make observations of the Magellanic Clouds, which are only visible from the southern hemisphere; it was reported on March 31.
Equipped with a powerful telescope, computers, and scientific instruments and a crew of 20 people, including astronomers and engineers, the huge plane, a Boeing 747SP, landed last week at Santiago airport with the . . .
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