SOFIA’s primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of NASA’s 747…
Technicians lift SOFIA’s primary mirror assembly above NASA’s 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to installation in the telescope cavity.
Over a blanket of snow covering California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountains, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) conducts a…
The SOFIA airborne observatory’s 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage during nighttime line…
With a protective sun cover over its primary mirror, the high-tech German-built infrared telescope is nested in its framework inside…
With a NASA F/A-18 flying safety chase nearby, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – or SOFIA – flies a…
News media representatives are briefed on capabilities of the SOFIA’s German-built infrared telescope embedded in the flying observatory’s rear fuselage…
NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory taxis past Hangar 1, the 1930s-era dirigible hangar at Moffett Field, during its first visit to…
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif – NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has passed a significant mission milestone.
