SOFIA
January 3, 2013
This backlit photo of SOFIA's infrared telescope during characterization testing shows the cell-like construction of the telescope's 2.5-meter primary mirror.
March 10. 2008
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
ED08-0067-10
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Technology Internet, Observational astronomy, Telescopes, Astronomy, Infrared telescope, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Space, Primary mirror, Hubble Space Telescope, Hale telescope
