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Newly Coated Mirror Assembly Returns
The newly coated telescope mirror assembly for SOFIA is unloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility prior to re-installation.
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Workers Install NASA Logo at DAOF
NASA's familiar blue-and-white logo graces Hangar 703 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., identifying it as a facility of the nation's aerospace agency.
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Steven Schmidt Named to Lead Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
Steven G. Schmidt, deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base since 2004, has been appointed director of the center's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.
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Main Mirror for SOFIA Receives Finish Coating
The main mirror for NASA's new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation.
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SOFIA Telescope Operational Testing Continues
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization testing in early March.
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Palmdale City Officials Tour DAOF and SOFIA
Palmdale city officials recently toured the newly established Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility adjacent to Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2008.