The SOFIA program: Astronomers return to the stratosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Casey, Sean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; Infrared astronomy; SOFIA program; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; INFRARED RADIATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACE TELESCOPES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEBSITES;

INFRARED ASTRONOMY (IA); STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY (SO);

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTRONOMY; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 3042660287     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.026     Document Type: Article

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