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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > SOFIA > Movie # EM-0095-32 |
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First German Astronomy Ambassadors Fly On SOFIA |
| Movie Number |
EM-0095-32
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| Movie Date |
July 14, 2011
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| Formats |
854X480 QuickTime Movie (11 MB) 854X500 Closed Captioned QuickTime Movie (11 MB) 1280x720 QuickTime Movie (68 MB) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/SOFIA/index.html |
| Description |
Two German educators, Wolfgang Vieser and Jörg Trebs, were the first to represent their country as SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors. They flew aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747 July 14, 2011. The teachers observed as scientists collected data using the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies instrument installed on the 2.5-meter infrared telescope. |
| Keywords | NASA's flying observatory, GREAT Spectrometer, test flights, SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors, German educators. |
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