NASA-German SOFIA Observatory Completes First Science Flight

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed the first of three science flights on Wednesday morning to demonstrate the aircraft's potential to make discoveries about the infrared universe.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/dec/HQ_10-314_SOFIA_UPDATE.html

Time: 1. Dec. 2010

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Topics: first, observatory, science, sofia