SOFIA Observatory Conducts Night Checkout Flight https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/cd389cde-c959-4d08-8782-42a0522866bd This spectacular video captures NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) as it flew a nighttime checkout flight over northern and central California the first week of March 2013. The flight conducted verification and validation of aircraft and telescope systems in preparation for instrument commissioning and the Cycle 1 astronomy flights scheduled for spring 2013. The SOFIA aircraft, a 747SP, is operated by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and based at Hangar 703 in Palmdale, CA. Duration: 2:37 minutes To learn more about SOFIA visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-096-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/EdmNWDKfPBI Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:50:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us SOFIA Observatory Conducts Night Checkout Flight https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/cd389cde-c959-4d08-8782-42a0522866bd 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.