Put simply, the plane is a modified aircraft designed to operate as a mobile war room for the President of the United States.

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After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

Because they all orbit in the ecliptic plane, we see them in a magnificent arc across the night sky — the great parade. Related: Planetary parade February 2025: When, where and how to see it ...

they'll always appear along the same arc in the night sky. That path is called the ecliptic, and it exists because all planets in our solar system orbit around the sun on roughly the same plane.