Southern Skies Yield Scientific Riches For NASA

Credit: Jim Ross/NASA
NASA’s Boeing 747SP is about as alone in the night sky as it could possibly be as it cruises at 43,000 ft. over the Antarctic Circle. For almost its entire 10-hr. mission, this airborne observatory is farther south than any other aircraft. Aurora Australis—the southern lights—provide a spectacular...

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