SOFIA mid-infrared image of the planetary nebula Minkowski 2-9 (M2-9), also known as the Butterfly Nebula.
Researchers using SOFIA have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the…
Images of Comet ISON were obtained using SOFIA’s FORCAST camera at wavelengths of 11.1, 19.7, and 31.5 microns. Measurements at…
SOFIA can identify spectral fingerprints of the processes creating the universe’s water at wavelengths inaccessible to any other observatory.
Richard Whitcomb examines a model designed in accordance with his transonic area rule.
Langley engineer-in-charge welcomes Hugh Dryden and John Victory.
The NACA Muroc Contingent in October 1947 in front of the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 and Boeing B-29 launch aircraft.
This image, taken on February 3, 1922, is of the Variable Density Tunnel.
On March 20, 2004, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used a wheel to dig a trench revealing subsurface material beside…
To study the interaction of solar winds and Earth’s atmosphere, sounding rockets carrying university-developed experiments were launched into auroras in…
