More than 250 VIPs, news media and guests joined NASA, DLR, USRA and other SOFIA staff for the debut of the airborne observatory at NASA DFRC on June 27, 2007
More than 250 VIPs, news media and guests joined NASA, DLR, USRA and other SOFIA staff for the debut of the airborne observatory at NASA DFRC on June 27, 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
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NASA ID
ED07-0140-20
Date Created
June 27, 2007
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tony Landis
Location
AFRC
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