Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
aircraft (Sofia)

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SOFIA during configuration test flights. Members of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) led team include Central Texas Airborne Systems, Waco, TX, a division of Raytheon; United Airlines, San Francisco, CA; an alliance of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, and The SETI Institute, Mt View, CA; Sterling Software, Redwood City, CA; and the University of California at Berkely and Los Angeles.; Photographer: N/A; Date: March 1998