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Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, the largest airborne observatory in the world. A joint project of & The German Aerospace Center .

California
Joined October 2008

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  1. Jul 20

    Today on Snapchat: Go inside our flying observatory, see our mission control center, and more!

  2. Jul 19

    Details from inside our observations of the next flyby target:

  3. Jul 19

    Traveling through ? Be sure to check out our displays near the food court to learn about our observations.

  4. Jul 17

    All about our observations of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighboring galaxies

  5. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    See how we're preparing for ' arrival at its next destination in the Kuiper Belt on Jan. 1, 2019:

  6. Jul 17

    Go inside our flight as we chased down the shadow of the next flyby target.

    SOFIA Makes Advance Observations of Next New Horizons Flyby Object
    On July 10, researchers used SOFIA to study the environment around a distant Kuiper Belt Object, 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
  7. Retweeted

    Eyes on MU69: Go inside the flight to gather critical data on ' next flyby target.

  8. Jul 15

    This week : We teamed up with and more! Watch at 0:46:

  9. Jul 14

    Two years ago we studied Pluto before ' . This year we studied its next flyby target:

  10. Jul 11

    Our shadow on the clouds as we took off to study ' next flyby object. The data is under analysis:

  11. Retweeted
    Jul 10

    Our is helping study the environment around 's next target ahead of the 2019 flyby

  12. Jul 10

    We were in the right place at the right time to study ' next flyby object. Data analysis underway:

  13. Jul 10

    We were in the right place at the right time to study the ! is analyzing the data. Good night .

  14. Jul 10

    We’re flying south to catch the center of MU69 shadow- searching for debris that could be hazardous to

  15. Jul 9

    The sun has set and the telescope door is open.

  16. Retweeted
    Jul 9
  17. Jul 9

    We took off during the day so that we can be in the right place to catch the shadow of the . Beautiful views over New Zealand 🇳🇿

  18. Jul 9

    We are live from the stratosphere, on our way to catch the ! Send us your questions with .

  19. Jul 9

    Preparing for flight: the entire team is meeting to discuss tonight's flight and observations of

  20. Jul 9

    We’ll be live from 40,000 ft as we study . Send us your questions with . We’ll answer after takeoff

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