{"id":228587,"date":"2017-12-21T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:14:58","slug":"sofia-undergoes-maintenance-germany","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/sofia-undergoes-maintenance-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"SOFIA Undergoes Maintenance in Germany"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SOFIA inside the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is shown inside the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany where it is undergoing its C-Check maintenance period.<\/p>\n<p>A C-check is the biggest regularly scheduled maintenance event for an aircraft other than a complete overhaul. In the case of this special aircraft, the maintenance will be carried out in accordance with NASA regulations. During the check in Hamburg, the aircraft’s structure will be thoroughly inspected and repaired, where necessary. The observatory is expected to return to its base operation facility at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, Calif. in late Jan. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center, DLR. NASA’s Ames Research Center manages the SOFIA program, science and mission operations in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and the German SOFIA Institute (DSI) at the University of Stuttgart. The aircraft is based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Hangar 703, in Palmdale, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 4, 2017<br \/>\nPhoto Credit: DLR \/ Clemens Plank<\/strong><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is shown inside the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany where it is undergoing its C-Check maintenance period.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"SOFIA inside the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":694,"file":"2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg","filesize":168356,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":168356,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"sofia_in_hamburg.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sofia_in_hamburg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=228587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}