SOFIA observatory's fate to be decided by April review

The fate of NASA's troubled SOFIA observatory program will be decided following an "intensive" review due to conclude in April, according to agency officials. NASA chose to cancel the $57.1 million fiscal 2007 budget funding request for the airborne observatory following a two-year schedule slip and...

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