The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently SOFIA He commissioned a telescope he called This telescope was very different from anything we’ve seen so far. Because SOFIA was originally a Boeing 747. Coming to Earth this giant passenger plane infra-red shine NASA, which placed equipment to monitor it, surveyed the depths of the sky as the plane flew at 40,000 feet.

Loaded with NASA equipment, SOFIA on its last mission new ones Zealand flew in the air. However, it has been announced that SOFIA has recently been downloaded and will not be able to fly for a long time. This is the result of an accident that took place on Monday 18 July. of the stormwas to damage the aircraft. NASA’s statements state that damage investigations are continuing.

Will not fly until repair is complete

The official statement stated that the high winds placed both in front of the aircraft and in the fuselage to the stairs has damaged specified. Fortunately, the crew was not injured while the telescope, which was used at miles of altitude, was in the air. hadn’t come.

SOFIA was about to complete its mission

NASA, SOFIA German He designed it together with scientists and has been using it for years. NASA officials, making a decision according to reports prepared last year, decided that SOFIA would not be used from September 2022. The New Zealand sky mission was one of the last missions of this giant telescope. However, the storm disrupted the process. Authorities have not issued a statement on whether the Boeing 747 will return to flying after repairs. they were not found.