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>> Hi!

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[ SOFIA taking off ]

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>>MD, flight deck, looks like that sun has set.

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>>We're gonna open the door.

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>>Door moving...

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>>Hi, I'm Nichelle Nichols. I played Lieutenant Uhura, Chief Communications Officer aboard the Starship

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Enterprise on "Star Trek: The Original Series"

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Today, I'm aboard SOFIA, a NASA aircraft flying into our stratosphere with an infrared telescope

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to observe light coming from interstellar objects.

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>>This is a program to observe a massive star forming region.

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What we're seeing here is that cloud of gas and dust from which new stars are being born.

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Understanding this process of star formation, this is an exploration to determine what the history of the

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solar system was like as well.

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>>SOFIA helps astronomers learn more about the birth of stars, formation of planetary systems, black holes,

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and more.

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SOFIA reminds me of the Starship Enterprise. It goes where no man or woman has ever gone before.

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You can learn more about how NASA is exploring the Universe, the Solar System, and beyond