SOFIA mission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:modified_Boeing_747_SP
gptkbp:analysis performed by scientists
gptkbp:archives gptkb:NASA's_Infrared_Science_Archive
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:NASA_Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:NASA_Glenn_Research_Center
gptkb:Caltech
gptkb:NASA's_Office_of_Space_Science
gptkb:NASA's_Space_Science_Division
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:NASA_Stennis_Space_Center
gptkb:University_of_California
gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkb:NASA_Langley_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkb:German_Aerospace_Center
gptkb:NASA_Johnson_Space_Center
gptkb:NASA_Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkb:NASA_Wallops_Flight_Facility
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:NASA's_Planetary_Science_Division
gptkb:NASA's_Astrophysics_Division
gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute
gptkb:NASA's_Science_Mission_Directorate
gptkb:NASA's_Heliophysics_Division
gptkb:NASA's_Earth_Science_Division
gptkbp:data_type spectroscopic data
imaging data
gptkbp:discovered_by formation of stars
water on the Moon
organic molecules in space
chemical composition of exoplanets
dust in distant galaxies
gptkbp:elevation approximately 40,000 feet
gptkbp:first_flight over 1,000
April 2010
gptkbp:frequency infrared
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SOFIA mission
gptkbp:impact contributed to understanding of the universe
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:observatory
gptkbp:launched May 26, 2010
gptkbp:location gptkb:Palmdale,_California
gptkbp:mission study celestial phenomena
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:operational_status active
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:NASA's_astrophysics_program
gptkbp:provides_information_on open to the public
gptkbp:publishes peer-reviewed journals
gptkbp:receives_funding_from gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:interstellar_medium
planetary science
star formation
galaxy evolution
gptkbp:setting allocated through proposals