The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the moon as it…
The GOES-10 satellite captured this image sequence on Feb. 26, 1998, during a solar eclipse. The images show the path…
Astronaut Mike Fossum continues his duties during this the second of the STS-124 mission’s three scheduled spacewalks. During the seven-hour,…
Astronaut Ron Garan participated in the first of STS-124’s three planned spacewalks as construction and maintenance continue on the International…
Astronaut Mike Fossum used a digital camera to create this self-portrait during the STS-124 mission’s first scheduled spacewalk. During the…
The primary mirror of SOFIA’s telescope being coated in a vacuum chamber at NASA’s Ames Research Center, in Silicon Valley…
NASA’S SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP (front) and DC-8 flying laboratory (rear) are now housed at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility…
The cavernous expanse of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., now houses NASA’s DC-8 science laboratory and SOFIA…
Technicians carefully attached a spreader T-bar to the framework of SOFIA’s primary mirror assembly prior to lifting it from the…
