NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA – lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset on July 15, 2011.
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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA – lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset on July 15, 2011 to begin an all-night astronomical observation mission.July 15, 2011
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