SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 01:28
in Astronomy & Space
Imagine cutting retractable doors in the side of a 747 airliner, installing a 17-ton telescope, and flying to the stratosphere to solve one of astronomy's greatest puzzles. That's what NASA and the German Aerospace Center plan to do with a cutting-edge airborne observatory named SOFIA.