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…
This close-up of the German-built telescope assembly seen through the open telescope cavity door in the side of NASA’s SOFIA…
ED09-0279-15 This close up of SOFIA’s German-built telescope assembly offers a view of both the primary and secondary mirrors, the…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP flies above California’s Mojave Desert during a functional check flight Dec.…
