SOFIA
January 4, 2013
With the sliding door covering its 2.5-meter infrared telescope open, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP rolls down the runway after landing at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., following a more than four-hour test flight April 14, 2010.
April 14, 2010
NASA Photo / Tony Landis
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Technology Internet, Infrared imaging, Observational astronomy, Astronomical observatories, Infrared astronomy, Palmdale, California, Infrared telescope, Plant 42, Boeing 747SP, Telescopes, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
