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NASA's newly painted Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP is pushed back from L-3 Communications' Integrated Systems hangar in Waco, Texas. |
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| Photo Number: |
ED06-0192-2 |
| Photo Date: |
September 25, 2006 |
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640x529 JPEG Image (170 KBytes)
1280x1058 JPEG Image (506 KBytes)
3000x2479 JPEG Image (2365 KBytes)
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NASA's freshly painted Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP aircraft sits outside a hangar at L-3 Communications Integrated Systems' facility in Waco, Texas. The observatory, which features a German-built 100-inch (2.5 meter) diameter infrared telescope weighing 20 tons, is approaching the flight test phase as part of a joint program by NASA and DLR Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center). SOFIA's science and mission operations are being planned jointly by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut (DSI). Once operational, SOFIA will be the world's primary infrared observatory during a mission lasting up to 20 years, as well as an outstanding laboratory for developing and testing instrumentation and detector technology. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
courtesy L-3 Communications |
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| Keywords: |
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, 747, 747SP, German-built 100-inch (2.5 meter) diameter infrared telescope, DLR Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, German Aerospace Center, Universities Space Research Association, USRA,
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