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Updates for October 2008
DFRC Photo # Photo Date Image Description
ED08-0257-03 October 2, 2008 Brent R. Cobleigh
ED08-0257-01 October 2, 2008 David D. McBride
ED08-0262-54 October 8, 2008 A technician guides SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into the aircraft's telescope cavity completing the mirror reinstallation following its initial coating.
ED08-0262-53 October 8, 2008 SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing SOFIA for first science.
ED08-0262-47 October 8, 2008 Technicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to installation in the telescope cavity.
ED08-0262-42 October 8, 2008 SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of NASA's 747 airborne observatory Oct. 8, 2008.
ED08-0262-35 October 8, 2008 A crane is used to lift SOFIA's newly coated primary mirror assembly from the floor of NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, Palmdale, Calif.
ED08-0262-17 October 8, 2008 Engineers and technicians prepare SOFIA's German-built primary mirror assembly for reinstallation into NASA's 747SP airborne observatory.
ED08-0262-05 October 8, 2008 SOFIA's primary mirror assembly rests in its transportation cradle prior to reinstallation in NASA's airborne laboratory on Oct. 8, 2008.
ED08-0153-1 June 2008 Two USRA technicians at NASA Ames Research Center are reflected in the coated SOFIA telescope main mirror suspended above them in the mirror coating facility.
ED08-0252-28 September 30, 2008 NASA research pilot Jim Smolka prepares to take off in NASA's F-18 Systems Research Aircraft for an External Vision System project flight.
ED08-0252-26 September 30, 2008 Gulfstream project pilot Tom Horne readies to fly an External Vision System project flight from the backseat of NASA's F-18 Systems Research Aircraft.
ED08-0252-14 September 30, 2008 NASA is partnering with Gulfstream on the External Vision System project to demonstrate the use of an HD video system on the F-18B Systems Research Aircraft.
ED08-0252-10 September 30, 2008 An HD camera is mounted behind the head-up display of NASA's F-18 SRA aircraft. NASA is partnering with Gulfstream on the External Vision System project.
ED08-0252-06 September 30, 2008 An HD display is mounted on top of the rear instrument panel in NASA's F-18 SRA, as NASA is partnering with Gulfstream on the External Vision System project.
ED08-0253-01 September 30, 2008 Mark C. Dickerson

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