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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observatory

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Sep 16, 2010
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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observatory
A crane is used to lift SOFIA's newly coated primary mirror assembly from the floor of NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, Palmdale, Calif.

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A crane is used to lift SOFIA’s newly coated primary mirror assembly from the floor of NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, Palmdale, Calif.October 8, 2008
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