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SOFIA Featured in UT-Arlington Planetarium Show
A new show featuring NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, began showing at the newly upgraded planetarium at the University of Texas-Arlington campus in October.
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Science Instruments Ready for SOFIA Airborne Telescope
Scientists are busy preparing for the "First Light" flight of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA.
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NASA Awards SOFIA Engineering Contract Option
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a contract modification for further developmental engineering on SOFIA.
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Astronomers Assess SOFIA Telescope Systems
Astronomers for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, program recently conducted five nights of telescope testing
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NASA Science Aircraft Get New Home
Earth and space science aircraft fit nicely into Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility.
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SOFIA Science Mission Operations Director Selected
Erick Young, a widely recognized authority on infrared astronomy, has been appointed science mission operations director for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA.
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HIPO Photometer Installed on SOFIA Telescope
The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope Nov. 17.
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Scientists Selected for New Airborne Eye on the Universe
Three astronomers to participate in first scientific observations to be conducted by the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Engineers and technicians from NASA, the German Space Agency and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut recently reinstalled the German-built primary mirror assembly into NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, airborne observatory.
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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 Primary Mirror Shipped to NASA Ames for Coating
The primary mirror assembly of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has been shipped to NASA's Ames Research Center near San Jose, Calif., for its final finish coating.
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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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SOFIA Visits Ames; Begins Mission Systems Installation
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy made a brief visit to NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field near San Jose on Jan. 14.
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SOFIA Telescope Operation Checkout Continues
Initial flight testing of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, continued during December at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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SOFIA Completes Initial Flight Test Segment
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has completed the initial segment of the first phase of SOFIA flight testing.
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2007 SpotBeam Civil Space Award
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Program was this year's winner.
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SOFIA Airborne Observatory Arrives at NASA Dryden
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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NASA Rededicates Flying Observatory on Lindbergh Anniversary
NASA dedicated a unique astronomy aircraft Monday to pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh on the 80th anniversary of his historic transatlantic flight.
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NASA Completes First Checkout Flight of Airborne Observatory
NASA today successfully completed the first of several planned checkout test flights of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft.
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