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Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy
Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy
https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy SOFIA was a 2.7 meter infrared telescope in a Boeing 747 SP. It was a US-German project; NASA provided the aircraft, and the German aerospace center, DLR, provided the telescope. The airborne observatory allowed us to study the cold universe using infrared light, which is inaccessible from the [...]