Infrared telescope takes to the air
JUL 01, 1973
DOI: 10.1063/1.3128137
A new infrared astronomy instrument is scheduled to begin test runs this summer as NASA scientists go aloft with a 36‐in Cassegrain telescope mounted in a Lockheed C‐141. Based at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, the C‐141 has been modified so that the telescope can operate either through an open port or through an optical window and it can fly at altitudes of up to 13.7 km for up to 3.5 hours.
© 1973. American Institute of Physics
