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KAO
(redirected from Kuiper Airborne Observatory)

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KAOKuiper Airborne Observatory (NASA)
KAOKuusamo, Finland (Airport Code)
KAOKappa Alpha Order (fraternity)
KAOKick Ass Offense (football)
KAOCryptographic Equipment Operational Manual
KAOKatholische Aktion Österreich


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I went from running a group of 10 people doing research to running an organization with about 750 people, doing work on the U-2 high altitude spyplanes, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (an infrared flying telescope built on a modified cargo jet), the infrared astronomical satellite, the Galileo probe to Jupiter.
Flight insight: William Ballhaus Jr. has worked for NASA and ... by Myerhoff, Matt / Los Angeles Business Journal
reported that he and his colleagues, using data from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, had detected emissions from water vapor just after the fireballs from the G and K impacts became visible.
After the crash: puzzling over a comet's impact on Jupiter by Cowen, Ron / Science News
Sterling Software held a succession of computer support contracts from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, the predecessor to SOFIA, and from NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory.
Sterling Software division wins SOFIA subcontracts by Business Wire
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