Composite infrared image of the central portion of galaxy M82, from SOFIA’s First Light flight, at wavelengths of 20 (blue),…
The lower flexible door (white) over the telescope cavity in the rear fuselage of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…
NASA’s Boeing 747SP SOFIA airborne observatory soars over a bed of puffy clouds during its second checkout flight over the…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is silhouetted against the sky as it soars on its second check flight near…
NASA’s now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory shared the limelight with its successor, the SOFIA observatory, during an open house at Ames…
Cornell University mechanical engineer Chuck Henderson makes adjustments on the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST) during…
Technicians George Gull and Charlie Kaminski of USRA wheel the FORCAST infrared camera and its associated electronics into place in…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was airborne for almost two hours during its first check flight at Waco,…
NASA’s SOFIA aircraft project manager John Carter is interviewed by Molly Hermann, Rob Lyall and Jason Boswell for a planned…
