In-flight Test of Both Telescope Cavity Doors on SOFIA

In-flight Test of Both Telescope Cavity Doors on SOFIA https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8392a9d6-4d86-4e17-ad17-aee0f3fbfb22 This 1-minute, 6-second video taken on December 14, 2009 shows both telescope cavity doors of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) opened to 10 percent of their range during a test flight over California's Mojave Desert. The SOFIA aircraft, a 747SP, is operated by NASA's 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/EDGkAN7_YEA Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:03:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us In-flight Test of Both Telescope Cavity Doors on SOFIA https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8392a9d6-4d86-4e17-ad17-aee0f3fbfb22 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.