The LADEE spacecraft awaits spin balance testing, conducted to ensure stability during flight, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The SOFIA flying observatory taxis to the Christchurch, New Zealand, terminal after a nighttime flight to study celestial objects visible…
SOFIA's First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
SOFIA's First Southern Hemisphere Deployment
The SOFIA 747SP taxis in to the Christchurch International Airport terminal in New Zealand on July 18, 2013, on its…
The SOFIA flying observatory arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on July 18, 2013, for its first Southern Hemisphere deployment.
Astronomers aboard the SOFIA flying observatory look at data gathered by the GREAT spectrometer on a flight from Christchurch, New…
Jurgen Stutzki, deputy principal investigator for the GREAT spectrometer, was aboard the SOFIA flying observatory for a flight to study…
NASA's SOFIA flying observatory is framed by a rainbow following a shower as it sits on a ramp at Christchurch…
On the rain-soaked ramp at its deployment base at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand. NASA's SOFIA flying observatory is ready…
