NASA’s SOFIA observatoryfinishes first flight-tests
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a Boeing 747 modified to accommodate a 19-ton infrared telescope peering through an open door in its fuselage, has completed the first phase of flight-testing. SOFIA is on track to begin limited observations early next year, when it will...
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