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History of Airborne Astronomy

This article by Wendy Whiting Dolci from a 1997 issue of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' magazine is a history of airborne astronomy platforms starting in the 1920s and continuing to SOFIA's predecessor the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) that ended service in 1996.  Wendy was one of the KAO's on-board Mission Directors and later Assistant Project Manager.

History of Airborne Astronomy  (3mb PDF file)

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