
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP sits beneath a full moon during nighttime telescope operations at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft…

Bob Meyer, program manager of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, highlights some of the technical features of the German-built…

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP basks in the light of a full moon shining over California’s…

Cornell University’s Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, or FORCAST, is mounted on the telescope during preparation leading…

Cornell University’s Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, or FORCAST, is mounted on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared…

Terry Herter, principal investigator for Cornell University’s FORCAST instrument, and Cornell research associate Joe Adams check the alignment of the…

This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken at 7:00 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT), after NASA’s EPOXI mission…

This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken as NASA’s EPOXI mission approached the comet at 6:58 a.m. PDT…

This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken at 7:01 a.m. PDT (10:01 a.m. EDT), after NASA’s EPOXI mission…