Sofia Telescope Begins Second Mission Set

By Michael Mecham .

SAN FRANCISCO – The NASA-German Space Agency DLR’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) has started its second set of astronomy flights with a study of chemical reactions in and the flow of energy from interstellar clouds.

A Boeing 747SP modified to carry a 100-in. infrared reflecting telescope, Sofia flew across the central and ...

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