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SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern  Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

The SOFIA 747SP taxis in to the Christchurch International Airport terminal in New Zealand on July 18, 2013, on its…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern  Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

The SOFIA flying observatory arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on July 18, 2013, for its first Southern Hemisphere deployment.

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

Astronomers aboard the SOFIA flying observatory look at data gathered by the GREAT spectrometer on a flight from Christchurch, New…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

Jurgen Stutzki, deputy principal investigator for the GREAT spectrometer, was aboard the SOFIA flying observatory for a flight to study…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

NASA鈥檚 SOFIA flying observatory is framed by a rainbow following a shower as it sits on a ramp at Christchurch…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

On the rain-soaked ramp at its deployment base at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand. NASA鈥檚 SOFIA flying observatory is ready…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

The cockpit of NASA鈥檚 SOFIA 747SP is awash with instrumentation lights during one of nine Southern Hemisphere flights to study…

Dr. von Braun Relaxes After Successful Launch of Apollo 11
Dr. von Braun Relaxes After Successful Launch of Apollo 11

Dr. Wernher von Braun, the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., relaxes following the successful…

SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA鈥檚 First Southern Hemisphere Deployment

The flight crew of the SOFIA 747SP keeps the aircraft on course during a July 2013 mission in the Southern…