NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 safety chase aircraft during its second checkout flight near Waco, Texas on May 10, 2007
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 safety chase aircraft during its second checkout flight near Waco, Texas on May 10, 2007.
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Keywords
SOFIAStratospheric Observatory for Infrared AstronomyClipper LindberghGerman-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
Details
NASA ID
ED07-0100-11
Date Created
May 10, 2007
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Jim Ross
Location
AFRC
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