Lockheed Martin / Lockheed Martin Space Systems / Volkswagen / Integrated Systems / Lear / Boeing / SAGEM / Ames / Greyhound / United Airlines / /
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Australia / /
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pence / /
Event
Product Issues / Product Recall / /
Facility
Texas hangar / Kuiper Airborne Observatory / SIRTF Science Center / University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory / SETI Institute / Lear Jet Observatory / Space Infrared Telescope Facility / NASA’s Ames Research Center / Yerkes Observatory / Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory / NASA’s Kuiper Airborne Observatory / NASA’s Next Great Observatory / /
IndustryTerm
main contractor / substantial internal energy sources / extrasolar planetary systems / energy / electronic equipment / electronics / metal floor / star systems / /
OperatingSystem
L3 / /
Organization
UCLA / National Science Foundation / MIT / SETI Institute / County School District / Cornell University / NASA’s SOFIA mission / Navy / Cryogenic Telescope Assembly / the University of Chicago / SIRTF Science Center / NASA’s office of Space Science / Universities Space Research Association / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / University of Arizona / German Aerospace Center / Astronomical Society of the Pacific / /
Person
Yvonne Pendleton / Gerard Kuiper / Robert Hurt / Eric Becklin / Howard McCallon / Terry Richardson / Patrick Waddell / Anne Morrow Lindbergh / Michelle Thaller / Mike Bennett Reprinted / Susan Stolovy / Frank Low / Left / James Elliot / Al Harper / Gene Kopan / Sally Stephens / /
Position
editor / Giant Leap Forward / instrument specialist / freelance science writer / Mission Director / astronomer / Technician / Ambassador / contractor / chief scientist / Staff Scientist / photographer / prime contractor / Director / SOFIA Missions Operations / Right /
Product
Galaxy / Boeing 747SP / particular incident of turbulence / C-141 Starlifter / /
FLYING TELESCOPES Following nearly four decades of bigger and better airborne observatories, NASA’s SOFIA mission will carry infrared astronomy to new heights. by Sally Stephens