Sofia Telescope Exposed In Flight
NASA has opened for the first time in-flight the cavity door covering the 98-inch infrared telescope mounted in the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia), a modified Boeing 747SP. The one hour and 19 minute long flight, which took off from NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations...
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