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Proposal Calls

Cycle 1

The Call for Proposals for observing with SOFIA during Cycle 1 was released in November, 2011. The deadline for submitting proposals was January 27, 2012, and the observations are scheduled to start in September, 2012.

Basic Science

"Basic Science" was the second phase of early science operations, following Short Science. The results of the Basic Science proposal call were announced in November, 2010, following an independent peer review of the proposals submitted. Basic Science flights began in June, 2011 and were completed in September, 2011.

Short Science

The flights for Short Science with FORCAST were completed in December, 2010 and the GREAT flights were completed in April, 2011.

In June 2008 the SOFIA project issued a call for participation in the very first scientific studies to be carried out by the observatory. Twenty-seven white papers were received. These were evaluated by a peer-review panel in the beginning of October. Based on their recommendations, the project has invited Dr. Paul Harvey (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), Dr. Mark Morris (Univ. of California, Los Angeles) and Dr. David Neufeld (Johns Hopkins Univ.) to join the Short Science program. Drs. Harvey and Morris will collaborate with the FORCAST team, and Dr. Neufeld with the GREAT team. We congratulate them, and look forward to their participation in the SOFIA scientific program.

Instructions for downloading the raw data from Short Science I (FORCAST) observations

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