"NASA Pilot Manny Antimisiaris will present a talk focusing on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)--the modified 747 SP and the world’s largest airborne observatory.

Antimisiaris was a research pilot and navigator from 2001 to 2018 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, in California. He flew SOFIA more than a dozen years, in addition to his extensive experience mission researching, planning and flying a variety of other aircraft.

Star Talks are held in partnership with ​Prescott Astronomy Club."