Sofia Airborne Observatory Poised For First Science Missions

Credit: Chad Slattery
Astronomers will compete for early places on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) airborne observatory as the start of science missions nears, following completion of envelope expansion flights with the telescope cavity door open. “The call for participation has just gone...

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