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SOFIA Telescope Lands at NASA Ames Research Center

It has given us some of the most amazing images from space. And now it has landed, for a short time, in the Silicon Valley.

A jet plane with cutting-edge technology and an incredibly powerful telescope is visiting NASA Ames. Scientists and students alike are geeking out. In a story you'll only see on NBC Bay Area, Business and Tech reporter Scott Budman got a tour of the plane. Check it out in the video report above.

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