SOFIA at NASA Dryden
January 4, 2013
The NASA-DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP dwarfs a ground crewman as it taxis to a stop on the flight line at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flying observatory, based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., was ferried to Edwards in mid-March 2011 to conduct light and heavy gross weight ground turns tests.
March 14, 2011
NASA Photo / Tony Landis
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Technology Internet, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, United States Air Force, Telescopes, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Boeing 747SP, Palmdale, California, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
