Sofia 747SP
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Mighty Planes
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Design, Technology, Design and Technology
- Produced By: Exploration Production Inc.
- Year: 2013
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Running Time: 46m
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If you're going to take on the universe, you're going to need a Mighty Plane. Enter SOFIA, a Boeing 747 jumbo jetliner that's been converted by NASA into a space observatory in the sky. Manned with a 17-ton telescope, she gives scientists and researchers access to targets that are out of reach to observatories on Eart-that is, when she's airborne. She's currently grounded for upgrade and overhaul maintenance, and four months behind schedule. The crew needs to work overtime to get SOFIA ready to, once more, unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.