SOFIA Southern Deployment 2015

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, departed from its base operations in Palmdale, California on June 12 and ferried to Christchurch, New Zealand to complete a five-week mission to study celestial objects that are better observed from the Southern Hemisphere. This video shows highlights of the various science objectives the team expects to complete, including observing an occultation of the dwarf planet Pluto on June 29. SOFIA is based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center