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.
NASA’s SOFIA observatory with a NASA F/A-18 trailing in chase soars over California City in the desert north of Edwards…
