File:Learjet in and out.jpg

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Left: The Learjet Observatory (Learjet 24B aircraft) flying above California in the early 1970’s. Right: Scientist Carl Gillespie using a 12-inch infrared telescope while flying aboard the Learjet 23 aircraft at 50,000 feet in 1968.

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English: Left: The Learjet Observatory (Learjet 24B aircraft) flying above California in the early 1970’s. The telescope was just in front of the wing. Right: Scientist Carl Gillespie using a 12-inch infrared telescope while flying aboard the Learjet 23 aircraft at 50,000 feet in 1968.
Date 1968, 1970s
Source https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/history-of-airborne-astronomy-at-nasa/
Author NASA
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