SOFIA has run far beyond NASA’s originally projected schedule and budget; its current development cost, $1.1 billion, is about triple the budget NASA originally projected in 1997.

Air Force One, the Space Shuttle ... (SOFIA) is a modified 747SP ... These modified Boeing 747-200Bs have been serving the U.S. Air Force as airborne command and control platforms since 1974.

A unique flying observatory, SOFIA is a retrofitted 747 that packs a telescope that NASA and Germany have used for groundbreaking research.

The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was a telescope mounted on a Boeing 747 that studied infrared light in the universe.

As announced earlier in 2022, with the end of this fiscal year, NASA retired, on September 30, 2022, its Boeing 747SP Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The aircraft ...

Bulgarian Hemus Air and British Virgin Atlantic Airways signed a cooperation agreement. ... It was established some 21 years ago and operates 31 Boeing 747-400 and Airbus 340.