SOFIA
January 4, 2013
With the sliding door that covers the SOFIA's telescope behind him open, USRA's SOFIA science missions operations director Erick Young outlines the unique capabilities of the 2.5-meter infrared telescope that will peer into the heavens from the modified 747 aircraft.
April 20, 2010
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
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