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... States and Europe, obtained data using the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) mounted on SOFIA’s telescope for imaging and spectroscopic observations during the flight.
Later in Cycle ... States and Europe, obtained data using the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) mounted on SOFIA’s telescope for imaging and spectroscopic observations during the flight.
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... 20 with papers about observations made with NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope. SOFIA is a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a telescope with a 100 ... . "Studies of star and planet formation processes are one of SOFIA's 'sweet spots,'" said SOFIA Science Mission Director Erick Young. "SOFIA's infrared instruments can see into the dense clouds where stars ...
... gallery of those images is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html Upcoming SOFIA images, including images from the Nov. 30 flight, will be added to ... observations not possible from Earth-based telescopes, said Bob Meyer, NASA's SOFIA program manager. It also marks SOFIA's transition from flying testbed to flying observatory, and it gives the international ...
... milestone for the SOFIA observatory," said John Gagosian, SOFIA program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "GREAT, in combination with SOFIA's other German and U.S.-developed instruments, demonstrates SOFIA's extraordinary versatility ... Universities Space Research Association headquartered in Columbia, Md., and the German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. SOFIA is based and managed at Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale ...
... that there will be numerous science publications once the data have been processed and analyzed."
SOFIA flies above 99 percent of the Earth’s atmospheric water vapor that blocks infrared radiation ... flights on August 26. Science data collected during the deployment have been transferred to the SOFIA Science Center at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, for processing and distribution ...
... Astronomy Ambassadors program, the educators will partner with professional astronomers using SOFIA for scientific observations in 2012 and 2013. SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP jetliner equipped with a 100-inch (2 ... the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in Columbia, Md., and the German SOFIA Institute (DSI) in Stuttgart, Germany. SOFIA& 39;s education and public outreach programs are managed by the SETI Institute ...
... of the night came when scientists on board SOFIA recorded images of Jupiter, said USRA SOFIA senior science advisor Eric Becklin. The composite image from SOFIA shows heat, trapped since the formation of ... or more of the infrared light accessible to space observatories. The SOFIA program is managed at Dryden. Ames manages the SOFIA science and mission operations in cooperation with USRA and DSI.
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... make these observations,” elaborated SMO Deputy Director Hans Zinnecker of the German SOFIA Institute (DSI). The selected projects will showcase SOFIA’s unique assets and capabilities.”
U.S. and German review panels ... will be allocated for other purposes such as calibration measurements and scientific programs of SOFIA’s instrument teams.
SOFIA is a substantially modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a telescope with an ...
... scientists conduct research on board NASA’s flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
SOFIA is a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner fitted with a 2.5-meter (100-inch ... can better understand and appreciate the research process,” said Hashima Hasan, SOFIA program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “SOFIA presents a unique opportunity for educators to interact with researchers making observations ...
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The observations for these findings were gathered with the FORCAST instrument on SOFIA, the Faint Object infraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope, which can gather images and spectra of planets, stars, interstellar ... -inch diameter telescope. NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California manages the SOFIA program. The SOFIA Science Center is based at Ames and managed by NASA in cooperation with the ...
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