Technicians check out the mounting structure of the infrared telescope installed in NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Technicians check out the mounting structure of the 20-metric-ton infrared telescope installed in NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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Keywords
SOFIAfirst flightStratospheric Observatory for Infrared AstronomyGerman-built 100-inch (2.5 meter) diameter infrared telescope20 tonshighly-modified Boeing 747SP aircraftDLR Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (German AerospaceL-3 Communications Integrated SystemsUniversities Space Research Association
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NASA ID
ED07-0078-033
Date Created
April 25, 2007
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tony Landis
Location
AFRC
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