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Technicians introduce liquid nitrogen to an instrument linked to SOFIA’s telescope. Detection of infrared...
Technicians installing the tertiary mirror onto the SOFIA telescope.
SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing...
A technician guides SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into the aircraft's telescope cavity completing the mirror...
The SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
echnicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of...
he SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
A technician examines the instrument mounting structure and bulkhead of the German-built infrared telescope...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
Technicians check out the mounting structure of the 20-metric-ton infrared telescope installed in NASA's...
Technicians carefully disassemble portions of the aperture mounting assembly from NASA's SOFIA aircraft in...
Scientists carefully examine data being received during nighttime line operations testing of the SOFIA airborne...
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA airborne observatory during nighttime line...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
A rotating external door (white) was installed over the telescope cavity in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA Boeing...
The German-built 100-inch telescope that is the heart of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is...
Astronomers smile while looking at data from SOFIA’s telescope.
Technicians guide removal of the upper rigid door assembly that covers the telescope cavity on NASA's SOFIA 747SP in...
Technicians carefully maneuver a spreader bar into place before removing the telescope aperture assembly from NASA's...