Image: SOFIA with open telescope doors
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Description: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (NASA/DLR) with open telescope doors A German-built telescope is exposed during a flight of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP on Dec. 18, 2009. The telescope doors were fully opened, allowing engineers to understand how air flows in and around the telescope.
Title: SOFIA with open telescope doors
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html; direct link
Author: NASA/Carla Thomas
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