Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
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stratospheric-observatory-for-infrared-astronomy-214-927749
title:
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
text:
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was a 80/20 joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to construct and maintain an airborne observatory. NASA awarded the contract for the development of the aircraft, operation of the observatory and management of the American part of the project to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1996. The DSI managed the German parts of the project which were primarily science-and telescope-related. SOFIA's te
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Infrared telescope system mounted on a converted Boeing 747 SP
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy
date created:
2004-07-02T18:01:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T12:17:10Z
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13
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