Early Science With SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
- Young, E. T.
- Becklin, E. E.
- Marcum, P. M.
- Roellig, T. L.
- De Buizer, J. M.
- Herter, Terry L.
- Gusten, R.
- Dunham, E. W.
- Temi, P.
- Andersson, B. G.
- Backman, D.
- Burgdorf, M.
- Caroff, L. J.
- Casey, S. C.
- Davidson, J. A.
- Erickson, E. F.
- Gehrz, R. D.
- Harper, D. A.
- Harvey, Paul M.
- Helton, L. A.
- Horner, S. D.
- Howard, C. D.
- Klein, R.
- Krabbe, A.
- McLean, I. S.
- Meyer, A. W.
- Miles, J. W.
- Morris, M. R.
- Reach, W. T.
- Rho, J.
- Richter, Matthew J.
- Roeser, H. P.
- Sandell, G.
- Sankrit, R.
- Savage, M. L.
- Smith, E. C.
- Shuping, R. Y.
- Vacca, W. D.
- Vaillancourt, J. E.
- Wolf, J.
- Zinnecker, H.
DOIAbstract
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an airborne observatory consisting of a specially modified Boeing 747SP with a 2.7 m telescope, flying at altitudes as high as 13.7 km (45,000 ft). Designed to observe at wavelengths from 0.3 mu m to 1.6 mm, SOFIA operates above 99.8% of the water vapor that obscures much of the infrared and submillimeter. SOFIA has seven science instruments under development, including an occultation photometer, near-, mid-, and far-infrared cameras, infrared spectrometers, and heterodyne receivers. SOFIA, a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und-Raumfahrt, began initial science flights in 2010 December, and has conducted 30 science flights in...
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