{"paper":{"title":"Early Science with SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.IM","authors_text":"A. Krabbe, A. W. Meyer, B.-G. Andersson, C. D. Howard, D. A. Harper, D. Backman, E. C. Smith, E. E. Becklin, E. F. Erickson, E. T. Young, E. W. Dunham, G. Sandell, H.-P. Roeser, H. Zinnecker, I. S. McLean, J. A. Davidson, J. E. Vaillancourt, J. M. De Buizer, J. Rho, J. W. Miles, J. Wolf, L. A. Helton, L. J. Caroff, M. Burgdorf, M. J. Richter, M. L. Savage, M. R. Morris, P. M. Harvey, P. M. Marcum, P. Temi, R. D. Gehrz, R. G\\\"usten, R. Klein, R. Sankrit, R. Y. Shuping, S. C. Casey, S. D. Horner, T. L. Herter, T. L. Roellig, W. D. Vacca, W. T. Reach","submitted_at":"2012-05-03T18:47:47Z","abstract_excerpt":"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 micron 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 "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1205.0791","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}