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SOFIA deployment to French Polynesia
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SOFIA deployment to French Polynesia

NASA / AFRC · 2021-07-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, takes off from its base of operations at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Building 703 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft is on its way to Fa’a’ā, French Polynesia where it will be on a mission from July 19 to Sept. 12 to observe parts of the sky that are not visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

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NASA AFRCArmstrong Flight Research CenterSOFIAB703French Polynesia
Credit lineSOFIA deployment to French Polynesia. NASA/AFRC, 2021-07-19. Public domain. ID: AFRC2021-0096-01.
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