Technicians with ropes guide SOFIA’s primary mirror assembly suspended from a crane toward its transport dolly after the mirror’s removal…
Nestled in its cradle on a transport dolly, SOFIA’s primary mirror assembly awaits transfer to a “clean room” at the…
NASA’s DC-8 flying science laboratory is ready for departure on the ARCTAS atmospheric sampling mission in April 2008 at the…
Technicians guide the dolly carrying SOFIA’s primary mirror into a clean room at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility prior to…
A delegation from the City of Palmdale, Calif., led by Mayor James Ledford (fourth from left) was briefed by Dryden…
Light from the hangar illuminates the aircraft ramp at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., as the telescope…
NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory undergoes nighttime characterization testing of its infrared telescope at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale,…
NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory lifts off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on its first flight…
A NASA technician directs loading of the crated SOFIA primary mirror assembly into a C-17 for shipment to NASA Ames…
