NASA's Flying Observatory Resumes Test Flights

NASA's Flying Observatory Resumes Test Flights https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/65c0b45a-0e8d-492f-a8f4-094c69e9caf8 This 1-minute, 47-second video taken on December 9, 2009 shows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) as it resumes test flights including the first in-flight opening of the telescope cavity door. The SOFIA aircraft, a 747SP, is operated by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and based at Hangar 703 in Palmdale, CA. To learn more about SOFIA visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-096-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/QhAEYZIBxNs Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:53:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us NASA's Flying Observatory Resumes Test Flights https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/65c0b45a-0e8d-492f-a8f4-094c69e9caf8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.