NASA Administrator Charles Bolden presents a commemorative NASA montage to Professor Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director…
SOFIA’s predecessor, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), was dedicated on May 21, 1975. Carrying a 36 inch telecope, the KAO…
Two solar filaments that looked like an arrow, survived a transition around the sun, but the shape sharpness has degraded,…
Maori elder Aroha Reriti-Crofts (center) reading a traditional blessing ceremony for SOFIA and all who fly on her.
Representatives of New Zealand media onboard SOFIA during a tour.
Night shot of SOFIA, with terminals and control tower of Christchurch International Airport in the background.
Gale Crater, home to NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, shows a new face in this image made using data from the…
Seen shortly after local Martian sunrise, clouds gather in the summit pit, or caldera, of Arsia Mons, a giant volcano…
The Lake Fire began on June 17, 2015 and has already grown in size to 11,000 acres.
This image of noctilucent clouds is a composite of several Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite passes over…
