Erik Lindbergh unveils a plaque commemorating his grandfather to dedicate the 747 Clipper Lindbergh, a NASA airborne infrared observatory known…
SOFIA’s primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing SOFIA for first science.
Engineers and technicians from NASA, the German Space Agency and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut recently reinstalled the German-built primary mirror…
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA airborne observatory during nighttime line operations testing at…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is being developed as a world-class observatory complementing the Hubble Space Telescope.
Technicians guide removal of the upper rigid door assembly that covers the telescope cavity on NASA’s SOFIA 747SP in preparation…
Composite infrared image of Jupiter from SOFIA’s first light flight at wavelengths of 5.4 (blue), 24 (green) and 37 microns…
NASA’s SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new base of operations…
Erik Lindbergh unveils a plaque commemorating his grandfather to dedicate the 747 Clipper Lindbergh, a NASA airborne infrared observatory known…
NASA’s SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP overflies its home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California.