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Photos: Homecoming for NASA's flying observatory

January 14, 2008 9:20 PM PST
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Juergen Wolf, senior research scientist for Germany's Sofia Institute (right), explains to a friend how the plane's electronic door opens and closes, and can track the position of the plane's internal telescope. Although the large observatory door wasn't open Monday, you can see the outline of the door, mid-plane (in the direction that Wolf is pointing. The door opens to the sky.

Photo by Stefanie Olsen/CNET News.com

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