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#  German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart

Learn how the University of Stuttgart, DSI and NASA used SOLIDWORKS® to design the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to research the development of young stars and planetary systems and the Milky Way.

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