Erik Lindbergh christens NASA’s 747 Clipper Lindbergh with a special commemorative concoction representing local, NASA, and industry partners.
NASA’s SOFIA infrared observatory touches down at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA, as it arrives at its new…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy science team completed checkout of optical star tracking camera systems and conducted telescope assembly…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy’s 747SP sits on an aircraft ramp during nighttime testing and operation of the SOFIA’s…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy’s 747SP is illuminated prior to nighttime testing and operation of the German-built telescope assembly.…
The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope Nov.…
Several NASA science aircraft, including (from bottom) the SOFIA observatory, the DC-8 airborne laboratory and an ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, along…
The German-built 100-inch telescope that is the heart of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is nestled in the SOFIA…
Several NASA aircraft, including the SOFIA observatory in the foreground, the DC-8 airborne laboratory, an ER-2 high-altitude science aircraft and…
The rear fuselage of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy’s 747SP is illuminated during telescope testing operations in preparation for…