SOFIA
January 4, 2013
With a NASA F/A-18 flying safety chase nearby, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – or SOFIA – flies a test mission over the Mojave Desert with the sliding door over its 17-ton infrared telescope open.
April 14, 2010
NASA Photo / Jim Ross
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Technology Internet, Infrared imaging, Electromagnetic radiation, Observational astronomy, Great Observatories program, Far infrared astronomy, Infrared, Infrared astronomy, Infrared telescope, Telescopes, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Astronomical observatories, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
