SOFIA 747SP Open-Door Flight Fully Exposes Infrared Telescope for The First Time

SOFIA 747SP Open-Door Flight Fully Exposes Infrared Telescope for The First Time https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/abb84ab5-fcbd-4a33-9a2f-1e475d4cb96c This 1-minute, 42-second video taken on December 14, 2009 shows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) during an open-door flight that fully exposed the 747SP's infrared telescope for the first time. The SOFIA aircraft 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/9MfXEph57YA Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:29:43 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us SOFIA 747SP Open-Door Flight Fully Exposes Infrared Telescope for The First Time https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/abb84ab5-fcbd-4a33-9a2f-1e475d4cb96c 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.