SOFIA or The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is coming to an end, but let’s look back on some of the amazing discoveries of this flying telescope.
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https://www.space.com/38257-extreme-astrophysics-remote-telescopes-kavli-roundtable.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-partner-decide-to-conclude-sofia-mission
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/overview/index.html
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/infrared-astronomy/
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/quick-facts/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/top-ten-discoveries-from-sofia
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon
https://www.seti.org/press-release/30-teachers-selected-airborne-astronomy-ambassadors-bring-nasa-science-classrooms
https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-14-022.pdf
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00685-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01222-x
IMAGES
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-galactic-center
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-cygnus
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-iris-nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SFPwMIJFBA&ab_channel=NASAGoddard
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12673
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_C-141A_KAO.jpg
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia12504-nasas-infrared-telescope-facility-atop-mauna-kea-hawaii
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-comet-pan-starrs
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-air-air-aerodynamic-tufts
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/nasa-sofia-air-air
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_pole_telescope_during_polar_night.jpg
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