SOFIA
January 4, 2013
With a protective cover over its primary mirror, the high-tech German-built infrared telescope is nested in its framework inside the 19-foot-deep, 12-foot-wide telescope cavity in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory.
April 20, 2010
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
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Technology Internet, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Telescopes, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Infrared telescope, Space, Primary mirror, Science
