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.
NASA’s SOFIA observatory with a NASA F/A-18 trailing in chase soars over California City in the desert north of Edwards…
Faint specks of starlight are reflected by the 100-inch (2.5 meter) primary mirror on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization testing in March 2008.
