The Damcasters video on the SOFIA program and aircraft can be found at:    • NASA's Airborne Telescope SOFIA with ...  

The video unfolds like a starry timelapse. Grainy black and white footage flickers to life, showing a rickety biplane sputtering skyward, a daring photographer strapped precariously to its open cockpit. The Milky Way stretches across the silent screen, a testament to their pioneering spirit. As decades melt away, the video cuts to sleek helicopters and finally, silent drones, their whirring blades replaced by smooth, gliding motions. The celestial dance above continues, the stars growing sharper, the colors richer with each technological leap. A captivating narrative weaves through it all, chronicling the evolution of aerial astrophotography, from those early black and white dreams to the breathtaking vistas we capture today.

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