NASA's modified Boeing 747SP SOFIA airborne observatory taxis along the runway at Waco, Texas after completing its first checkout flight on April 26, 2007
NASA's modified Boeing 747SP SOFIA airborne observatory taxis along the runway at Waco, Texas after completing its first checkout flight on April 26, 2007.
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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
ED07-0078-100
Date Created
April 26, 2007
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tony Landis
Location
AFRC
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